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 Ivory Coast and from Stockholm.
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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Sight & Sound to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 David McCallum. All the underground hits.
All Outsiders tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lalo Schifrin 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ituana record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Blues Magoos,
The Litter,
Joe Finger,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Y Pants,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Drexciya,
Fela Kuti,
Cameo,
Darondo,
Delta 5,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
PIL,
The Shadows of Knight,
Tim Buckley,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ronan,
Agent Orange,
Main Source,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Newcleus,
The Five Americans,
Eric Dolphy,
Scion,
Ludus,
New Age Steppers,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Neil Young,
Alton Ellis,
Radiopuhelimet,
Delon & Dalcan,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Soulsonic Force,
Inner City,
Whodini,
Pantaleimon,
Pylon,
Gang Green,
Unrelated Segments,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
MDC,
Quantec,
Sarah Menescal,
Morten Harket,
The Toasters,
Ken Boothe,
Chrome,
Alphaville,
The Residents,
Lou Christie,
Tomorrow,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Mantronix,
Thee Headcoats,
Basic Channel,
Theoretical Girls,
the Bar-Kays,
The Wake,
Livin' Joy,
Wasted Youth,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.