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 Djibouti and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1960 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 synthesizer 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 Joe Smooth to the electroclash 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 Organ. All the underground hits.
All David Bowie tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Flesh Eaters record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Organ 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,
Cluster,
New Age Steppers,
Gichy Dan,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Black Flag,
Colin Newman,
The Pop Group,
Terrestrial Tones,
AZ,
One Last Wish,
Half Japanese,
Deadbeat,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Moody Blues,
The Smoke,
Donny Hathaway,
The Doobie Brothers,
Essential Logic,
Accadde A,
Eric Copeland,
Slick Rick,
Aural Exciters,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Pagans,
Intrusion,
Metal Thangz,
Eric B and Rakim,
Robert Görl,
The Fuzztones,
Guru Guru,
Qualms,
X-101,
World's Most,
Gastr Del Sol,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Sound,
U.S. Maple,
Scion,
Cameo,
Amon Düül,
Lalann,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Supertramp,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Connie Case,
The Walker Brothers,
Hashim,
Bobby Sherman,
Skarface,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Nik Kershaw,
Wally Richardson,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Beau Brummels,
Lower 48,
Rotary Connection,
Aswad,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Ornette Coleman,
8 Eyed Spy, 8 Eyed Spy, 8 Eyed Spy, 8 Eyed Spy.
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.