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 Dominica and from Jakarta.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 LL Cool J 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 Scan 7. All the underground hits.
All Gang of Four tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Index record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sugar Minott record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Index,
Second Layer,
Stereo Dub,
Kurtis Blow,
Model 500,
Colin Newman,
The Misunderstood,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Bluetip,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
X-102,
Cluster,
Massinfluence,
The Offenders,
Livin' Joy,
Hasil Adkins,
The Star Department,
Harpers Bizarre,
Tim Buckley,
Boredoms,
Pulsallama,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Radio Birdman,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Visage,
Crispy Ambulance,
Swell Maps,
Eden Ahbez,
Spandau Ballet,
John Foxx,
Sister Nancy,
Franke,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Accadde A,
CMW,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Country Teasers,
ABBA,
Rufus Thomas,
Pantytec,
Buzzcocks,
Khruangbin,
Technova,
Sällskapet,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Camouflage,
Mark Hollis,
The Neon Judgement,
Al Stewart,
The Beau Brummels,
Piero Umiliani,
Jandek,
L. Decosne,
Marine Girls,
The Tremeloes,
Inner City,
This Heat,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Ludus,
The Litter,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Motorama, Motorama, Motorama, Motorama.
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.