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 Niger and from Spokane.
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 1963 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Mexico City.
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 Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Amazonics to the rap 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 Kerri Chandler. All the underground hits.
All Darondo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gichy Dan 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Animal Collective record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
a-ha,
MDC,
Tim Buckley,
Funkadelic,
Intrusion,
China Crisis,
Pierre Henry,
The Mummies,
Alison Limerick,
The Five Americans,
Blossom Toes,
Bluetip,
Desert Stars,
Bill Wells,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Grauzone,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Banda Bassotti,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Sugar Minott,
Reagan Youth,
DJ Style,
Michelle Simonal,
Robert Görl,
The Dave Clark Five,
Maurizio,
Clear Light,
New Age Steppers,
Whodini,
Moebius,
Iggy Pop,
The Count Five,
Neu!,
Electric Prunes,
Mandrill,
Man Parrish,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Ohio Players,
Suburban Knight,
Rosa Yemen,
ABBA,
Lou Christie,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Television,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Aswad,
AZ,
Bizarre Inc.,
Kurtis Blow,
the Association,
Avey Tare,
Ludus,
Boz Scaggs,
Organ,
Schoolly D,
Erykah Badu,
Panda Bear,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron.
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.