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 Bahrain and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1962 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the rhodes 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 JFA to the dance kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Scion. All the underground hits.
All KRS-One tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Barrington Levy record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Evens record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Goldenarms,
MC5,
Joe Smooth,
Flash Fearless,
Roxy Music,
The Techniques,
Sonny Sharrock,
Alton Ellis,
the Sonics,
Lakeside,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Blancmange,
Camberwell Now,
Ossler,
The Divine Comedy,
Crispy Ambulance,
kango's stein massive,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Velvet Underground,
Aaron Thompson,
Simply Red,
Grauzone,
Duran Duran,
The Beau Brummels,
Leonard Cohen,
Anthony Braxton,
Matthew Halsall,
Metal Thangz,
Symarip,
Con Funk Shun,
the Association,
Joensuu 1685,
ABBA,
The Mojo Men,
Drive Like Jehu,
Joey Negro,
Amon Düül II,
One Last Wish,
Boredoms,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Wasted Youth,
Pantytec,
Hasil Adkins,
Ultra Naté,
Darondo,
Drexciya,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
This Heat,
Main Source,
Altered Images,
Lee Hazlewood,
R.M.O.,
Spoonie Gee,
Mr. Review,
The Seeds,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Rhythm & Sound,
Marc Almond,
Anakelly,
Nick Fraelich, Nick Fraelich, Nick Fraelich, Nick Fraelich.
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.