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 Iceland and from Edmonton.
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 1969 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Ultravox to the funk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Morten Harket. All the underground hits.
All Skriet tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Roger Hodgson 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Brothers Johnson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kenny Larkin,
H. Thieme,
Joensuu 1685,
Isaac Hayes,
Camberwell Now,
Curtis Mayfield,
Swell Maps,
It's A Beautiful Day,
DJ Style,
Deakin,
Roxette,
Mandrill,
Archie Shepp,
Idris Muhammad,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Massinfluence,
Lalann,
Jawbox,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Livin' Joy,
Leonard Cohen,
Jeff Lynne,
Ituana,
Joy Division,
The Angels of Light,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Colin Newman,
Davy DMX,
Reuben Wilson,
Delon & Dalcan,
Sparks,
Joe Smooth,
Tubeway Army,
Al Stewart,
The Toasters,
The Fortunes,
Ice-T,
Icehouse,
Vladislav Delay,
Gang of Four,
Cybotron,
Brothers Johnson,
Juan Atkins,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Iggy Pop,
Cluster,
Japan,
Bill Wells,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Tropical Tobacco,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Darondo,
The Gories,
Kayak,
The Zeros,
Au Pairs,
Ludus,
Flamin' Groovies,
Spoonie Gee,
The Fall,
Arcadia, Arcadia, Arcadia, Arcadia.
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.