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 France and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Bronski Beat show in Brixton.
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 1969 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Copenhagen.
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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Yazoo to the rap 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 Gian Franco Pienzio. All the underground hits.
All The Seeds tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Funkadelic record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Curtis Mayfield record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ituana,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Young Rascals,
Jandek,
Dark Day,
Zapp,
Avey Tare,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
ABBA,
Chrome,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Wire,
8 Eyed Spy,
Thee Headcoats,
Bobby Byrd,
Idris Muhammad,
Absolute Body Control,
Jacob Miller,
E-Dancer,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
David Axelrod,
Todd Terry,
Grauzone,
The Doors,
DJ Style,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Rotary Connection,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Robert Hood,
Scion,
Yaz,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Cecil Taylor,
the Association,
Toni Rubio,
Drive Like Jehu,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Donald Byrd,
K-Klass,
Rapeman,
The Buckinghams,
The Misunderstood,
Ronnie Foster,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Pharoah Sanders,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Roxy Music,
Chris Corsano,
Shuggie Otis,
Pagans,
The Zeros,
Hasil Adkins,
Sister Nancy,
Adolescents,
Boogie Down Productions,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Piero Umiliani,
Los Fastidios,
Echospace,
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.