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 Jamaica and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the mellotron 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 Whodini to the rap 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 Eurythmics. All the underground hits.
All Cal Tjader tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Monochrome Set record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gil Scott Heron record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Radiohead,
Iggy Pop,
kango's stein massive,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Gil Scott Heron,
Michelle Simonal,
The Moleskins,
Franke,
The Fortunes,
Make Up,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Buzzcocks,
Bob Dylan,
Barbara Tucker,
the Germs,
Blake Baxter,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
New Age Steppers,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Black Sheep,
Lucky Dragons,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Panda Bear,
Peter & Gordon,
Kas Product,
Idris Muhammad,
Procol Harum,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Jacob Miller,
Chris & Cosey,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Real Kids,
Leonard Cohen,
Ken Boothe,
Cybotron,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
the Bar-Kays,
The Residents,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Marine Girls,
Ultra Naté,
This Heat,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Sandy B,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Andrew Hill,
Au Pairs,
Gabor Szabo,
China Crisis,
Juan Atkins,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Pere Ubu,
Freddie Wadling,
Surgeon,
Bluetip,
Skriet,
Peter and Kerry,
Tom Boy,
cv313,
DJ Style, DJ Style, DJ Style, DJ Style.
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.