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 Syria and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1965 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 clarinet 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 Sun City Girls to the grunge 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 Howard Jones. All the underground hits.
All The Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Beasts of Bourbon 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lalo Schifrin record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Joe Smooth,
The Neon Judgement,
Magma,
Easy Going,
Mars,
The American Breed,
The Smiths,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Slits,
David Bowie,
Janne Schatter,
Shoche,
Outsiders,
The Blues Magoos,
Scientists,
Joensuu 1685,
Minnie Riperton,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Yazoo,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Index,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Marvin Gaye,
the Bar-Kays,
Cal Tjader,
Mandrill,
Soul II Soul,
Brass Construction,
D'Angelo,
Todd Rundgren,
Bootsy Collins,
Junior Murvin,
Oneida,
Sonic Youth,
Eve St. Jones,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Trojans,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
T. Rex,
Iggy Pop,
June of 44,
Technova,
Sexual Harrassment,
Main Source,
Ralphi Rosario,
Pantytec,
Pharoah Sanders,
Youth Brigade,
The Names,
Kurtis Blow,
The Barracudas,
Kool Moe Dee,
Supertramp,
The Selecter,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Rufus Thomas,
Talk Talk,
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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.