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 Spain and from Glasgow.
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 1963 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Bluetip to the funk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 The American Breed. All the underground hits.
All The Toasters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Silicon Teens record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lebanon Hanover record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Tubeway Army,
Whodini,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Harmonia,
Kas Product,
Tim Buckley,
Barrington Levy,
The Count Five,
Marmalade,
Fat Boys,
Eric B and Rakim,
Circle Jerks,
Pussy Galore,
Piero Umiliani,
OOIOO,
Kevin Saunderson,
Michelle Simonal,
Metal Thangz,
The Leaves,
Pole,
Q65,
Chris & Cosey,
Sonny Sharrock,
Can,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Joey Negro,
The Pop Group,
X-102,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Khruangbin,
Wally Richardson,
Animal Collective,
Magazine,
Section 25,
Supertramp,
Gregory Isaacs,
Gong,
The Five Americans,
Deadbeat,
LL Cool J,
Marvin Gaye,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Von Mondo,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Soft Cell,
Echospace,
The Wake,
Bauhaus,
Sparks,
Spoonie Gee,
The Dead C,
Joe Finger,
World's Most,
Flash Fearless,
Con Funk Shun,
Duran Duran,
Half Japanese,
The Raincoats,
Crime,
Liliput,
the Soft Cell,
Mr. Review, Mr. Review, Mr. Review, Mr. Review.
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.