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 Niger and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1964 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the snare 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 Kings Of Tomorrow to the funk 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 Jimmy McGriff. All the underground hits.
All Make Up tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Fluxion record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 U.S. Maple record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roxette,
The Fuzztones,
The Gladiators,
Ronan,
The J.B.'s,
Faraquet,
June of 44,
R.M.O.,
Kas Product,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Bronski Beat,
Silicon Teens,
Basic Channel,
ABC,
Peter & Gordon,
Inner City,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Jacob Miller,
The Durutti Column,
David Bowie,
EPMD,
Scratch Acid,
John Holt,
Quantec,
Girls At Our Best!,
8 Eyed Spy,
The Vogues,
The Victims,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
John Foxx,
The Smoke,
Jerry's Kids,
Monolake,
Kurtis Blow,
Sonic Youth,
Country Teasers,
Symarip,
The Misunderstood,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Darondo,
Wolf Eyes,
Shoche,
The American Breed,
Vainqueur,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Ken Boothe,
Roger Hodgson,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Moleskins,
Accadde A,
Half Japanese,
Black Sheep,
Infiniti,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Neil Young,
Pantytec,
Mad Mike,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Evens, The Evens, The Evens, The Evens.
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.