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 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 1966 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 organ 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 Prince Buster to the techno 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 The Stooges. All the underground hits.
All Crash Course in Science tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Quadrant record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Zero Boys record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Monolake,
The Count Five,
The Remains,
Harmonia,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The Pop Group,
The Monks,
the Sonics,
The United States of America,
Spandau Ballet,
Bootsy Collins,
Quando Quango,
the Germs,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Bobby Sherman,
Johnny Clarke,
Cabaret Voltaire,
JFA,
Pantytec,
Eurythmics,
Kas Product,
E-Dancer,
Byron Stingily,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Section 25,
The Monochrome Set,
Amazonics,
Pere Ubu,
Howard Jones,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Severed Heads,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Make Up,
Yusef Lateef,
Radiohead,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Kenny Larkin,
Rhythm & Sound,
John Cale,
Livin' Joy,
Tom Boy,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Simply Red,
Youth Brigade,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
F. McDonald,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Slits,
Adolescents,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Camberwell Now,
Janne Schatter,
Tim Buckley,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Todd Rundgren,
Von Mondo,
Masters at Work,
Talk Talk,
Juan Atkins, Juan Atkins, Juan Atkins, Juan Atkins.
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.