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 Czech Republic and from Delhi.
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 1969 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Sugar Minott to the disco 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 Adolescents. All the underground hits.
All Joyce Sims tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Shuggie Otis record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lyres record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
New York Dolls,
JFA,
Dawn Penn,
Rosa Yemen,
Drive Like Jehu,
Fatback Band,
Jandek,
The Motions,
Piero Umiliani,
La Düsseldorf,
Duran Duran,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Mr. Review,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Intrusion,
Nirvana,
Underground Resistance,
Kevin Saunderson,
Masters at Work,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Remains,
Bobby Byrd,
Lou Reed,
The Golliwogs,
Anthony Braxton,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Cowsills,
Gil Scott Heron,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Velvet Underground,
Popol Vuh,
Don Cherry,
Sarah Menescal,
The Five Americans,
Peter and Kerry,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Joe Smooth,
Minnie Riperton,
Lungfish,
Sonny Sharrock,
Inner City,
The Tremeloes,
Slave,
Cheater Slicks,
The Gladiators,
Robert Görl,
Television,
Agent Orange,
48th St. Collective,
Eric Dolphy,
Jeff Mills,
the Association,
Dead Boys,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Curtis Mayfield,
Cameo,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Mark Hollis,
Matthew Halsall,
The Evens,
Deepchord,
Q and Not U,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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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.