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 Tunisia and from Seoul.
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 Taipei and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Moebius to the punk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Qualms. All the underground hits.
All kango's stein massive tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Trojans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jerry's Kids record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet 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 Walker Brothers,
Swell Maps,
Ronnie Foster,
Gang Green,
Neil Young,
Henry Cow,
Eddi Front,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
New Age Steppers,
UT,
Jandek,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Scott Walker,
Althea and Donna,
Tears for Fears,
Brass Construction,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Wally Richardson,
Pantytec,
Danielle Patucci,
Technova,
Marmalade,
Skaos,
Pierre Henry,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Sexual Harrassment,
Youth Brigade,
The Doobie Brothers,
The Cramps,
Kaleidoscope,
The Flesh Eaters,
Dave Gahan,
Johnny Clarke,
Sam Rivers,
Intrusion,
Ice-T,
The Martian,
Sun City Girls,
Underground Resistance,
The Names,
Chris Corsano,
8 Eyed Spy,
Aaron Thompson,
David McCallum,
In Retrospect,
The Dirtbombs,
Eden Ahbez,
Dennis Brown,
Rites of Spring,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Japan,
X-Ray Spex,
Janne Schatter,
Jeff Mills,
The Grass Roots,
Connie Case,
Au Pairs,
Max Romeo,
The Human League,
Livin' Joy,
The Beau Brummels,
Reagan Youth, Reagan Youth, Reagan Youth, Reagan Youth.
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.