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 Micronesia and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the oboe 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 Roxette to the dance 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 Avey Tare. All the underground hits.
All Brand Nubian tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Graham Central Station,
Neil Young,
Grey Daturas,
The Fugs,
Gil Scott Heron,
L. Decosne,
Goldenarms,
Boz Scaggs,
Joensuu 1685,
Agent Orange,
Bush Tetras,
Patti Smith,
EPMD,
New York Dolls,
Yazoo,
The Gladiators,
Pere Ubu,
The Count Five,
Pet Shop Boys,
F. McDonald,
Popol Vuh,
The Mojo Men,
MC5,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Maleditus Sound,
the Fania All-Stars,
Josef K,
Dennis Brown,
Eric Copeland,
Lindisfarne,
Main Source,
Altered Images,
Country Teasers,
Lungfish,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Slits,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
The Gun Club,
Black Pus,
The Searchers,
Avey Tare,
The Shadows of Knight,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Hardrive,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Warsaw,
Toni Rubio,
World's Most,
Jeff Mills,
Soul II Soul,
Wolf Eyes,
June Days,
Young Marble Giants,
Lee Hazlewood,
Wally Richardson,
Interpol,
Bizarre Inc.,
Masters at Work,
The Fuzztones,
The Flesh Eaters,
Sam Rivers,
Make Up,
Gang Green, Gang Green, Gang Green, Gang Green.
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.