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 Azerbaijan and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez 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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 The Walker Brothers to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Iggy Pop. All the underground hits.
All LL Cool J tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ituana record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jerry's Kids record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
David Axelrod,
Model 500,
Gastr Del Sol,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Eric Copeland,
The Flesh Eaters,
Con Funk Shun,
Drive Like Jehu,
CMW,
Bang On A Can,
Marvin Gaye,
Scientists,
June of 44,
Minor Threat,
Minutemen,
James White and The Blacks,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Prince Buster,
DJ Style,
Lakeside,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Black Sheep,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Kenny Larkin,
The Human League,
Q65,
Shuggie Otis,
These Immortal Souls,
The Gories,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Cymande,
Johnny Clarke,
Kool Moe Dee,
Bush Tetras,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Newcleus,
Delta 5,
Altered Images,
Moss Icon,
the Association,
Jeff Mills,
The Index,
Goldenarms,
Supertramp,
Kurtis Blow,
Ornette Coleman,
The Mummies,
Fatback Band,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Nirvana,
the Fania All-Stars,
The Divine Comedy,
Qualms,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Soul II Soul,
The Velvet Underground,
Radiopuhelimet,
The American Breed, The American Breed, The American Breed, The American Breed.
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.