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 Slovenia and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the sitar 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 Sunsets and Hearts to the disco kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Ronan. All the underground hits.
All Bob Dylan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Janne Schatter record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 a güiro and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Divine Comedy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Minor Threat,
Kool Moe Dee,
Erykah Badu,
Dual Sessions,
Skaos,
Bang On A Can,
Soft Cell,
Gang Green,
Tres Demented,
The Fuzztones,
Johnny Osbourne,
Rapeman,
Scott Walker,
Stereo Dub,
Unwound,
Schoolly D,
Peter and Kerry,
Brick,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Saints,
Siglo XX,
Au Pairs,
David Axelrod,
Los Fastidios,
Cymande,
The Gladiators,
Scan 7,
The Beau Brummels,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Dirtbombs,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Albert Ayler,
The Red Krayola,
Model 500,
Nas,
cv313,
JFA,
Royal Trux,
Ten City,
Rufus Thomas,
Quando Quango,
Zapp,
Soul Sonic Force,
Donald Byrd,
kango's stein massive,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Ken Boothe,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Bobby Byrd,
The Smiths,
Blossom Toes,
Young Marble Giants,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Jandek,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
ABBA,
Radiopuhelimet,
Chris Corsano,
The Gap Band,
Robert Hood,
June of 44,
Q65,
Outsiders,
Eli Mardock, Eli Mardock, Eli Mardock, Eli Mardock.
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.