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 Chad and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 Nile Rodgers 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 The Buckinghams to the rap kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Harmonia. All the underground hits.
All Minnie Riperton tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rakim 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bobby Womack record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Arab on Radar,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Neu!,
Reagan Youth,
Oneida,
Grey Daturas,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Mars,
The Durutti Column,
Fela Kuti,
Soft Machine,
Tom Boy,
Youth Brigade,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Lebanon Hanover,
Eddi Front,
Gregory Isaacs,
Steve Hackett,
Soul II Soul,
Simply Red,
AZ,
Gang Starr,
Animal Collective,
EPMD,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Blancmange,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Vogues,
Cecil Taylor,
The Dirtbombs,
Andrew Hill,
Guru Guru,
The Selecter,
Soul Sonic Force,
Pharoah Sanders,
John Cale,
Prince Buster,
Television,
Interpol,
Mandrill,
Goldenarms,
Nirvana,
Skaos,
Q65,
The Sonics,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Velvet Underground,
Radio Birdman,
Mr. Review,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
The Doobie Brothers,
Stockholm Monsters,
Anakelly,
Joey Negro,
Jerry's Kids,
Das Ding,
Gang Gang Dance, Gang Gang Dance, Gang Gang Dance, Gang Gang Dance.
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.