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 Macedonia and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1966 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Country Joe & The Fish to the disco kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Moebius. All the underground hits.
All Gabor Szabo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Subhumans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Guru Guru record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Donny Hathaway,
Danielle Patucci,
Metal Thangz,
The Zeros,
Sunsets and Hearts,
the Bar-Kays,
The Gories,
Minnie Riperton,
EPMD,
the Sonics,
Flipper,
Bobby Womack,
Siglo XX,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Soft Cell,
Mr. Review,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Amon Düül II,
Flash Fearless,
Minny Pops,
Delon & Dalcan,
Mark Hollis,
Henry Cow,
E-Dancer,
Lebanon Hanover,
Saccharine Trust,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Erykah Badu,
Flamin' Groovies,
Arthur Verocai,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
The Invisible,
Grauzone,
Sarah Menescal,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Yaz,
Althea and Donna,
The Saints,
Trumans Water,
Echospace,
Bobby Sherman,
Tubeway Army,
Matthew Halsall,
MDC,
Royal Trux,
Sandy B,
Letta Mbulu,
T. Rex,
The Music Machine,
Swans,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
48th St. Collective,
The Moleskins,
The Dirtbombs,
Kool Moe Dee,
Tommy Roe,
Vainqueur,
Gregory Isaacs,
Vladislav Delay,
Idris Muhammad, Idris Muhammad, Idris Muhammad, Idris Muhammad.
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.