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 Honduras and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the clarinet 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 Neu! to the disco 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 Ice-T. All the underground hits.
All The Barracudas tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Peter and Kerry record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a David Axelrod record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Byron Stingily,
World's Most,
Das Ding,
Howard Jones,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Slackers,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Guru Guru,
Kenny Larkin,
Liliput,
Masters at Work,
The Seeds,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Stereo Dub,
Lalo Schifrin,
Crime,
the Human League,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
La Düsseldorf,
Scan 7,
Gang Green,
Quantec,
Leonard Cohen,
Arthur Verocai,
Ultra Naté,
Eric Dolphy,
Loose Ends,
Bush Tetras,
Supertramp,
MC5,
Robert Görl,
The Fall,
Crash Course in Science,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Blues Magoos,
The Busters,
The Happenings,
The Birthday Party,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Kerrie Biddell,
Grey Daturas,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Duran Duran,
Qualms,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Man Parrish,
Josef K,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Infiniti,
Jacob Miller,
Terry Callier,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Knickerbockers,
The United States of America,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Peter & Gordon,
The Associates,
Dawn Penn,
Chrome,
The Buckinghams,
Vaughan Mason & Crew, Vaughan Mason & Crew, Vaughan Mason & Crew, Vaughan Mason & Crew.
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.