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 Switzerland and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Lagos.
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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Ituana to the electroclash 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 Pantaleimon. All the underground hits.
All Judy Mowatt tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Qualms record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yusef Lateef record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pet Shop Boys,
Bill Wells,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Accadde A,
Jeff Lynne,
The Modern Lovers,
Guru Guru,
Y Pants,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Theoretical Girls,
Marc Almond,
Rapeman,
Audionom,
Godley & Creme,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Sexual Harrassment,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Beau Brummels,
The Neon Judgement,
Motorama,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Leonard Cohen,
Fatback Band,
Sällskapet,
Shoche,
The Fire Engines,
The Mojo Men,
The Techniques,
One Last Wish,
Michelle Simonal,
The Durutti Column,
KRS-One,
Chris Corsano,
Lee Hazlewood,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Barracudas,
The Pretty Things,
Joensuu 1685,
Jesper Dahlback,
Minny Pops,
Eric Dolphy,
Country Teasers,
Marcia Griffiths,
Suburban Knight,
Brick,
Alison Limerick,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Aaron Thompson,
Lucky Dragons,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Khruangbin,
Donald Byrd,
Con Funk Shun,
Pierre Henry,
Lou Christie,
Ornette Coleman,
Model 500,
Sam Rivers,
Banda Bassotti,
Eden Ahbez,
Wire,
David McCallum,
Circle Jerks, Circle Jerks, Circle Jerks, Circle Jerks.
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.