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 Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Kurtis Blow to the grime kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Young Marble Giants. All the underground hits.
All Yellowson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every De La Soul & Jungle Brothers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Eurythmics record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum 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,
Rufus Thomas,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Frankie Knuckles,
Derrick May,
Siglo XX,
Ken Boothe,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Susan Cadogan,
Hashim,
The Blackbyrds,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Darondo,
JFA,
DNA,
Cybotron,
Davy DMX,
8 Eyed Spy,
Rapeman,
Lindisfarne,
Ponytail,
Albert Ayler,
Rotary Connection,
Accadde A,
Lungfish,
Chris Corsano,
Sound Behaviour,
Wasted Youth,
Lou Reed,
Pharoah Sanders,
Bush Tetras,
Wire,
David McCallum,
The Smiths,
Marc Almond,
The Count Five,
Jawbox,
The Smoke,
Harpers Bizarre,
Minnie Riperton,
Grey Daturas,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Morten Harket,
The Velvet Underground,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Flamin' Groovies,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Leonard Cohen,
Chris & Cosey,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Ludus,
B.T. Express,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Y Pants,
Fear,
kango's stein massive,
Khruangbin,
Delon & Dalcan,
Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal.
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.