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 Brazil and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 clarinet 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 Bluetip to the dance 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 The Remains. All the underground hits.
All Saccharine Trust tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mantronix 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sight & Sound record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
8 Eyed Spy,
Nas,
Sarah Menescal,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Rotary Connection,
Wings,
The Remains,
Au Pairs,
The Vogues,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Icehouse,
Soul II Soul,
Altered Images,
The Walker Brothers,
Jandek,
These Immortal Souls,
Deakin,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Yazoo,
the Human League,
Clear Light,
Tres Demented,
Theoretical Girls,
Avey Tare,
Darondo,
Mr. Review,
Peter and Kerry,
Sandy B,
Tim Buckley,
Agitation Free,
Gichy Dan,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
B.T. Express,
The Toasters,
Section 25,
Marvin Gaye,
The Misunderstood,
The Tremeloes,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
The Velvet Underground,
Colin Newman,
Terry Callier,
The Offenders,
Janne Schatter,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Faraquet,
Skarface,
David McCallum,
Monks,
The Electric Prunes,
Parry Music,
The Index,
June of 44,
Lucky Dragons,
The Gories,
Qualms,
Agent Orange,
The Seeds,
Idris Muhammad,
The Shadows of Knight,
Fela Kuti,
Todd Terry, Todd Terry, Todd Terry, Todd Terry.
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.