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 Colombia and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1963 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the 808 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 Busters to the techno kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Cymande. All the underground hits.
All Ajijia Myrayebe tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Warren Ellis 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Essential Logic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Guru Guru,
Ludus,
Kevin Saunderson,
Ohio Players,
Sight & Sound,
Shuggie Otis,
Au Pairs,
Pylon,
Eurythmics,
Dave Gahan,
Nick Fraelich,
Barbara Tucker,
Lou Reed,
The Velvet Underground,
Royal Trux,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Rufus Thomas,
Absolute Body Control,
Brass Construction,
Maurizio,
Electric Prunes,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Duran Duran,
Goldenarms,
The Grass Roots,
Byron Stingily,
Gang of Four,
Donny Hathaway,
Bad Manners,
Scion,
Morten Harket,
Sex Pistols,
Swell Maps,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Heaven 17,
The Alarm Clocks,
Jerry Gold Smith,
EPMD,
Bush Tetras,
Blancmange,
Newcleus,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Man Eating Sloth,
Marcia Griffiths,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Seeds,
Bob Dylan,
Flipper,
The Red Krayola,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Searchers,
Graham Central Station,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Scratch Acid,
Henry Cow,
The Associates,
Donald Byrd,
Sam Rivers,
Louis and Bebe Barron, Louis and Bebe Barron, Louis and Bebe Barron, Louis and Bebe Barron.
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.