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 France and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Electric Light Orchestra to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Royal Family And The Poor. All the underground hits.
All Jerry Gold Smith tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Neil Young & Crazy Horse 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Accadde A record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Albert Ayler,
Masters at Work,
The Moleskins,
D'Angelo,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Kevin Saunderson,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Moody Blues,
Loose Ends,
Jandek,
Jeff Mills,
The Modern Lovers,
Minnie Riperton,
Pantytec,
The Gap Band,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Camberwell Now,
F. McDonald,
Michelle Simonal,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Ossler,
Scientists,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Groovy Waters,
MDC,
Tom Boy,
Q and Not U,
Vainqueur,
Shuggie Otis,
X-102,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Cramps,
Pet Shop Boys,
Visage,
Livin' Joy,
Electric Prunes,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Althea and Donna,
Skarface,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Janne Schatter,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Sex Pistols,
Buzzcocks,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Matthew Bourne,
Bush Tetras,
Main Source,
DNA,
Pussy Galore,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The Vogues,
Das Ding,
Oneida,
Blake Baxter,
Nas,
Grauzone,
Sugar Minott,
Malaria!, Malaria!, Malaria!, Malaria!.
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.