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 Mali and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Salvador.
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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the 808 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 Television to the rock 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 Can. All the underground hits.
All The Velvet Underground tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Doors 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Terry Callier record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Second Layer,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Andrew Hill,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Goldenarms,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Joensuu 1685,
The Trojans,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Dave Gahan,
The Smiths,
The Birthday Party,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Fluxion,
Judy Mowatt,
Black Moon,
Quantec,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Technova,
Lindisfarne,
The Last Poets,
Amazonics,
Mary Jane Girls,
Procol Harum,
Von Mondo,
Main Source,
Agent Orange,
Matthew Halsall,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Blancmange,
Albert Ayler,
Nils Olav,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Saccharine Trust,
Nick Fraelich,
Vainqueur,
Los Fastidios,
Amon Düül,
X-Ray Spex,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Yellowson,
Erykah Badu,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Flesh Eaters,
Royal Trux,
Scan 7,
Camberwell Now,
Derrick Morgan,
Lower 48,
Aural Exciters,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Barclay James Harvest,
JFA,
Chris Corsano,
The Motions,
Yusef Lateef,
KRS-One,
Jeff Lynne,
Alton Ellis,
Boogie Down Productions,
the Fania All-Stars,
Y Pants,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Lizzy Mercier Descloux.
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.