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 Netherlands and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1963 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Lonnie Liston Smith to the dance 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 Radiopuhelimet. All the underground hits.
All Q65 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rosa Yemen 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Derrick Morgan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Avey Tare,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Thompson Twins,
Bob Dylan,
Gang Green,
Aswad,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Porter Ricks,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Jeru the Damaja,
Nils Olav,
Simply Red,
Lee Hazlewood,
Sugar Minott,
the Swans,
June of 44,
Jerry's Kids,
Niagra,
Blake Baxter,
Television Personalities,
Mo-Dettes,
Kayak,
Whodini,
The Fuzztones,
Michelle Simonal,
Delta 5,
Derrick Morgan,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Radiohead,
Crispy Ambulance,
Patti Smith,
Liliput,
The Cramps,
Bobby Sherman,
Tubeway Army,
Roxette,
the Germs,
Can,
Erykah Badu,
Jacob Miller,
Ultravox,
Flash Fearless,
The Sound,
Scientists,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Livin' Joy,
Soul Sonic Force,
D'Angelo,
Derrick May,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
The Busters,
The Tremeloes,
The Star Department,
The Modern Lovers,
The Slackers,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Radio Birdman,
Funky Four + One,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Minutemen,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Guru Guru, Guru Guru, Guru Guru, Guru Guru.
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.