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 the UAE and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 clarinet 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 The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band to the dance kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Alison Limerick. All the underground hits.
All Bang on a Can All-Stars tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Matthew Bourne record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 marimba and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Danielle Patucci record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Terry Callier,
F. McDonald,
Sonic Youth,
Wally Richardson,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Jesper Dahlback,
Das Ding,
Idris Muhammad,
Yazoo,
Archie Shepp,
Visage,
Gong,
The United States of America,
Brass Construction,
Nirvana,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Slackers,
Lou Reed,
Eden Ahbez,
Isaac Hayes,
H. Thieme,
The Busters,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Ponytail,
Byron Stingily,
Aaron Thompson,
China Crisis,
Hot Snakes,
Pere Ubu,
The Detroit Cobras,
Wings,
Stetsasonic,
David McCallum,
Youth Brigade,
The Barracudas,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Matthew Bourne,
Sandy B,
Bizarre Inc.,
Scientists,
Quantec,
Eve St. Jones,
Gerry Rafferty,
Gabor Szabo,
Delta 5,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Lyres,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Vogues,
Ronan,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Birthday Party,
FM Einheit,
The Angels of Light,
Eli Mardock,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Ten City,
Colin Newman,
The Durutti Column,
The Alarm Clocks,
The Sound,
The Tremeloes,
Cameo, Cameo, Cameo, Cameo.
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.