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 Papua New Guinea and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1960 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 The Mojo Men to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Masters at Work. All the underground hits.
All Graham Central Station tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Nick Fraelich record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Thompson Twins record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Frankie Knuckles,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
MDC,
Lightning Bolt,
Franke,
Oblivians,
Man Parrish,
The Fire Engines,
Godley & Creme,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Alison Limerick,
Bill Wells,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Andrew Hill,
Lalann,
Japan,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Dave Gahan,
Porter Ricks,
Bill Near,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Zeros,
Youth Brigade,
Isaac Hayes,
The Five Americans,
Mantronix,
Pylon,
The Moleskins,
Deepchord,
The Move,
Nation of Ulysses,
Terrestrial Tones,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Dirtbombs,
Tomorrow,
Ornette Coleman,
The Motions,
ABBA,
Barry Ungar,
Morten Harket,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Simply Red,
Faust,
Laurel Aitken,
Avey Tare,
The Fugs,
Bluetip,
Nas,
New York Dolls,
10cc,
Leonard Cohen,
E-Dancer,
the Association,
Q65,
Public Enemy,
Amon Düül II,
Section 25,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Au Pairs, Au Pairs, Au Pairs, Au Pairs.
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.