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 Fiji and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1962 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Godley & Creme to the punk 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 Alton Ellis. All the underground hits.
All the Germs tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bang On A Can record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 an organ and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sunsets and Hearts record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Zeros,
Delta 5,
Tears for Fears,
JFA,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Eden Ahbez,
The Durutti Column,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Organ,
The Alarm Clocks,
Crispian St. Peters,
Boredoms,
X-101,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Motions,
U.S. Maple,
Peter and Kerry,
Babytalk,
Brothers Johnson,
Zero Boys,
Anthony Braxton,
MC5,
Lee Hazlewood,
Max Romeo,
Sun City Girls,
Ten City,
DJ Style,
Camouflage,
Ludus,
Eric B and Rakim,
Eddi Front,
Newcleus,
Mo-Dettes,
Crispy Ambulance,
Eve St. Jones,
Khruangbin,
Black Sheep,
David McCallum,
Rufus Thomas,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Vainqueur,
Andrew Hill,
Kenny Larkin,
Second Layer,
DNA,
Swell Maps,
Radiohead,
Ponytail,
Barclay James Harvest,
Tommy Roe,
Black Flag,
The Divine Comedy,
Joe Finger,
Accadde A,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Lucky Dragons,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
T.S.O.L.,
T. Rex,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp.
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.