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 Nigeria and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the snare 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 Hashim to the dance 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 Sarah Menescal. All the underground hits.
All Sunsets and Hearts tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Organ 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sun Ra Arkestra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Agitation Free,
Lee Hazlewood,
Rufus Thomas,
David Bowie,
Schoolly D,
Television,
Bill Wells,
Quadrant,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Harpers Bizarre,
The Techniques,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Fat Boys,
Agent Orange,
Metal Thangz,
Scientists,
Section 25,
Lower 48,
Scott Walker,
Soulsonic Force,
Alison Limerick,
Kevin Saunderson,
Essential Logic,
The Pop Group,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Leaves,
Ossler,
Mr. Review,
Jandek,
Danielle Patucci,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Idris Muhammad,
Alice Coltrane,
The Invisible,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Whodini,
Heaven 17,
The Motions,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Buckinghams,
Jesper Dahlback,
Jerry's Kids,
Scratch Acid,
The Pretty Things,
Sandy B,
the Sonics,
The Modern Lovers,
Vladislav Delay,
Bauhaus,
Circle Jerks,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
New Age Steppers,
Wally Richardson,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Young Rascals,
KRS-One,
The Birthday Party,
Soft Machine,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Rakim,
Laurel Aitken,
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.