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 Lebanon and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 Arthur Verocai to the jazz kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 AZ. All the underground hits.
All Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jeff Lynne record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Underground Resistance,
Janne Schatter,
10cc,
Avey Tare,
Public Image Ltd.,
Leonard Cohen,
MDC,
Sex Pistols,
The Moody Blues,
Sexual Harrassment,
Parry Music,
Pere Ubu,
Mantronix,
The Neon Judgement,
Scrapy,
The Cure,
Radiohead,
Ultimate Spinach,
Ultra Naté,
Flamin' Groovies,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Wake,
One Last Wish,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Detroit Cobras,
Grey Daturas,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Qualms,
Scan 7,
Dave Gahan,
Ossler,
Amazonics,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Simply Red,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Standells,
Fear,
Connie Case,
Clear Light,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Marvin Gaye,
Yellowson,
The Fortunes,
Peter & Gordon,
New York Dolls,
Matthew Halsall,
Blake Baxter,
Josef K,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Boredoms,
The Fire Engines,
Japan,
The Kinks,
Motorama,
Kas Product,
Rites of Spring,
The New Christs,
Accadde A,
Negative Approach,
The Beau Brummels,
Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale, Lou Reed & John Cale.
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.