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 Zambia and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Lou Reed & Metallica to the electroclash kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo. All the underground hits.
All UT tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sonny Sharrock record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 clarinet and a linndrum 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 808 and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Fifty Foot Hose,
Ken Boothe,
Gang of Four,
Pole,
Talk Talk,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Radiohead,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Danielle Patucci,
Marc Almond,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Jacob Miller,
Laurel Aitken,
Neu!,
Tubeway Army,
Anthony Braxton,
The Techniques,
Wings,
Wire,
DJ Style,
The Mummies,
Arcadia,
Lalann,
The Slackers,
Gregory Isaacs,
Ohio Players,
Essential Logic,
Unrelated Segments,
Chris & Cosey,
The Associates,
Eric Dolphy,
Peter and Kerry,
Chrome,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
The Last Poets,
Intrusion,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Juan Atkins,
Los Fastidios,
Qualms,
China Crisis,
JFA,
Reuben Wilson,
DNA,
Michelle Simonal,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Tremeloes,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Aaron Thompson,
The Blues Magoos,
The Human League,
Hardrive,
Agent Orange,
Television Personalities,
The Divine Comedy,
Todd Terry,
The Monochrome Set,
Scrapy,
10cc,
Joe Smooth,
Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX.
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.