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 Cyprus and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1965 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and New York.
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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Underground Resistance to the jazz kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Tropical Tobacco. All the underground hits.
All Justin Hinds & The Dominoes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Procol Harum 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a New York Dolls record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Khruangbin,
Lyres,
Model 500,
L. Decosne,
The Young Rascals,
Country Teasers,
Ultimate Spinach,
Terry Callier,
Basic Channel,
Jeff Mills,
Tropical Tobacco,
Jandek,
Scratch Acid,
The Divine Comedy,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Quantec,
Soulsonic Force,
Joensuu 1685,
LL Cool J,
Delon & Dalcan,
Dead Boys,
Patti Smith,
Yazoo,
Erykah Badu,
Traffic Nightmare,
the Germs,
Peter and Kerry,
X-102,
Con Funk Shun,
Jimmy McGriff,
Siglo XX,
Gerry Rafferty,
Joyce Sims,
Arcadia,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Y Pants,
Godley & Creme,
The Music Machine,
June of 44,
Marvin Gaye,
Soft Machine,
Q65,
The Flesh Eaters,
the Bar-Kays,
Suburban Knight,
Gregory Isaacs,
Junior Murvin,
Thee Headcoats,
Dave Gahan,
Depeche Mode,
The Angels of Light,
The Black Dice,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz.
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.