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 Cambodia and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1968 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Kerri Chandler to the dance 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 Don Cherry. All the underground hits.
All The Gories tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Theoretical Girls record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 rhodes and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joensuu 1685 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
David Axelrod,
Danielle Patucci,
John Lydon,
Dennis Brown,
Amon Düül II,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Ultravox,
Visage,
Lucky Dragons,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Loose Ends,
La Düsseldorf,
The Searchers,
Gang Green,
Moby Grape,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The Gap Band,
Wire,
Cheater Slicks,
Cal Tjader,
The Fugs,
The Moleskins,
Average White Band,
Desert Stars,
Piero Umiliani,
Agitation Free,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Nick Fraelich,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Q and Not U,
Deadbeat,
Au Pairs,
Fluxion,
Excepter,
The Velvet Underground,
Hot Snakes,
Adolescents,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Jesper Dahlback,
Quadrant,
Swans,
Donny Hathaway,
Jeff Lynne,
Lakeside,
Rhythm & Sound,
Jerry's Kids,
Boogie Down Productions,
Pharoah Sanders,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Supertramp,
Quantec,
The Skatalites,
Marmalade,
Sällskapet,
Skarface,
Main Source,
MC5,
The Mojo Men,
Joey Negro,
Robert Wyatt,
Alison Limerick,
Country Joe & The Fish, Country Joe & The Fish, Country Joe & The Fish, Country Joe & The Fish.
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.