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 Samoa and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Calgary.
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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Gabor Szabo to the jazz kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Outsiders. All the underground hits.
All The Tremeloes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Al Stewart 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Sisters of Mercy,
Sister Nancy,
Skarface,
Aloha Tigers,
Reuben Wilson,
DJ Sneak,
Kool Moe Dee,
The Techniques,
Robert Hood,
Eric Copeland,
Outsiders,
The Remains,
Panda Bear,
Davy DMX,
Gang of Four,
Con Funk Shun,
Mission of Burma,
Massinfluence,
Rakim,
Brothers Johnson,
Faraquet,
Nick Fraelich,
Johnny Clarke,
Blake Baxter,
Rapeman,
The Sonics,
Das Ding,
Lower 48,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Vladislav Delay,
Carl Craig,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Radiohead,
Albert Ayler,
Cecil Taylor,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Moebius,
Toni Rubio,
10cc,
Surgeon,
Ken Boothe,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Procol Harum,
Prince Buster,
Sam Rivers,
Khruangbin,
Matthew Halsall,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Cameo,
The Raincoats,
Kenny Larkin,
Rites of Spring,
The Star Department,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Alphaville,
Eden Ahbez,
Tomorrow,
Animal Collective,
Gil Scott Heron, Gil Scott Heron, Gil Scott Heron, Gil Scott Heron.
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.