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 Zimbabwe and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Johnny Osbourne to the electroclash kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Schoolly D. All the underground hits.
All The Gap Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Shoche record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sällskapet record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Idris Muhammad,
Pere Ubu,
Janne Schatter,
L. Decosne,
Hoover,
Al Stewart,
The Trojans,
T. Rex,
48th St. Collective,
Negative Approach,
Thompson Twins,
LL Cool J,
Soul II Soul,
Wings,
Joy Division,
Flash Fearless,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Hot Snakes,
Severed Heads,
Swans,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Radio Birdman,
Aloha Tigers,
Mandrill,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Chrome,
Gastr Del Sol,
Cecil Taylor,
The Techniques,
Lalo Schifrin,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Kerri Chandler,
The Litter,
Bush Tetras,
Electric Prunes,
The Cowsills,
Khruangbin,
Boredoms,
The Grass Roots,
the Sonics,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Letta Mbulu,
E-Dancer,
Rakim,
Nas,
The Seeds,
Loose Ends,
Tim Buckley,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Con Funk Shun,
One Last Wish,
Outsiders,
Robert Görl,
Circle Jerks,
Second Layer,
The Neon Judgement,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
OOIOO,
cv313,
Ralphi Rosario, Ralphi Rosario, Ralphi Rosario, Ralphi Rosario.
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.