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 Equatorial Guinea and from Milan.
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 1960 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the marimba 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 Rites of Spring to the techno kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Marshall Jefferson. All the underground hits.
All Little Man tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every It's A Beautiful Day 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Mojo Men record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Deakin,
Cecil Taylor,
Lucky Dragons,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Donny Hathaway,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
CMW,
Joyce Sims,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Cowsills,
The J.B.'s,
Gang Green,
The Litter,
Mad Mike,
These Immortal Souls,
Morten Harket,
Gerry Rafferty,
Ten City,
Patti Smith,
Television,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Sex Pistols,
New Order,
X-101,
Public Enemy,
Cameo,
Desert Stars,
Avey Tare,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Los Fastidios,
David McCallum,
Duran Duran,
Spandau Ballet,
Deadbeat,
Amazonics,
Swell Maps,
Bob Dylan,
Pulsallama,
Black Bananas,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Brick,
Ice-T,
Pere Ubu,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Magazine,
Andrew Hill,
The Toasters,
Dual Sessions,
Arthur Verocai,
Make Up,
Harry Pussy,
Toni Rubio,
Jeff Lynne,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Soft Machine,
Blancmange,
Lindisfarne,
Zapp,
The Remains,
Das Ding,
Peter and Kerry, Peter and Kerry, Peter and Kerry, Peter and Kerry.
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.