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 Equatorial Guinea and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide show in New York.
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 1969 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 spring reverb 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 The Young Rascals to the funk 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 Subhumans. All the underground hits.
All Jesper Dahlbäck tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Arcadia,
Jeru the Damaja,
Technova,
Duran Duran,
48th St. Collective,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Gap Band,
Eric B and Rakim,
Al Stewart,
Deadbeat,
Gastr Del Sol,
The Barracudas,
Slave,
X-102,
Bluetip,
Soul Sonic Force,
Khruangbin,
Marmalade,
Ponytail,
Chrome,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Sparks,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Henry Cow,
David Bowie,
OOIOO,
Amon Düül II,
Swans,
Q65,
Fear,
Dawn Penn,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Josef K,
MC5,
Franke,
Idris Muhammad,
Camouflage,
Warsaw,
Quando Quango,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
The Tremeloes,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Monks,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Matthew Halsall,
Jimmy McGriff,
Skarface,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Pole,
Desert Stars,
Aswad,
Danielle Patucci,
Livin' Joy,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Rhythm & Sound,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Yusef Lateef,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Whodini, Whodini, Whodini, Whodini.
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.