Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Mauritania and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1967 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing Trumans Water to the funk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by Big Daddy Kane. All the underground hits.
All Bang On A Can tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every It's A Beautiful Day record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a MC5 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Newcleus,
Cal Tjader,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Steve Hackett,
PIL,
The Wake,
The Mummies,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Brass Construction,
Goldenarms,
DJ Style,
Alphaville,
the Association,
Rites of Spring,
The Litter,
Index,
Eden Ahbez,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Prince Buster,
Theoretical Girls,
Heaven 17,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
The Monochrome Set,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Popol Vuh,
Barrington Levy,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
The Motions,
Negative Approach,
The Toasters,
Matthew Halsall,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Standells,
David McCallum,
Chris Corsano,
The Sound,
Marvin Gaye,
Ultravox,
Reuben Wilson,
Todd Terry,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Sexual Harrassment,
Joe Smooth,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Kurtis Blow,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Ice-T,
T. Rex,
The Trojans,
Siglo XX,
Amon Düül II,
Aswad,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Fad Gadget,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Drexciya,
Marine Girls,
Soft Machine,
The Fire Engines,
Anthony Braxton,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Con Funk Shun, Con Funk Shun, Con Funk Shun, Con Funk Shun.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.