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 Bolivia and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Rekid to the disco kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Rekid. All the underground hits.
All The Gories tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lou Reed & John Cale 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Funky Four + One record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Negative Approach,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
OOIOO,
Jacob Miller,
Absolute Body Control,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Count Five,
Davy DMX,
London Community Gospel Choir,
The Flesh Eaters,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Angels of Light,
Icehouse,
Audionom,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Radiopuhelimet,
Graham Central Station,
The Evens,
Boz Scaggs,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Skaos,
The Barracudas,
John Foxx,
Bobby Hutcherson,
The Five Americans,
Frankie Knuckles,
Cymande,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Gang Green,
the Normal,
Quando Quango,
Michelle Simonal,
Mandrill,
Scratch Acid,
New Order,
Hasil Adkins,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Angry Samoans,
Average White Band,
Big Daddy Kane,
Black Flag,
Fela Kuti,
Freddie Wadling,
ABBA,
Don Cherry,
The Trojans,
Bauhaus,
Pierre Henry,
Lalann,
Lee Hazlewood,
New Age Steppers,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Roy Ayers,
Agitation Free,
Popol Vuh,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Lucky Dragons,
Ultra Naté,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Dark Day, Dark Day, Dark Day, Dark Day.
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.