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 Lesotho and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 Hong Kong and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Skriet to the rap kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Echospace. All the underground hits.
All Deepchord tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sun Ra Arkestra record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 a rhodes and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jimmy McGriff,
Lyres,
Dual Sessions,
Khruangbin,
Josef K,
The Durutti Column,
The Victims,
Oblivians,
Eden Ahbez,
the Slits,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
E-Dancer,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Sixth Finger,
Traffic Nightmare,
Con Funk Shun,
Matthew Bourne,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
T. Rex,
Deakin,
Lungfish,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Nik Kershaw,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Depeche Mode,
Animal Collective,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
The Techniques,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
H. Thieme,
Sister Nancy,
Spoonie Gee,
The Stooges,
Monolake,
Aloha Tigers,
Mandrill,
Angry Samoans,
Nation of Ulysses,
Q65,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
A Certain Ratio,
Danielle Patucci,
Anthony Braxton,
Tres Demented,
Skaos,
Eve St. Jones,
Lee Hazlewood,
Ossler,
Cybotron,
Glambeats Corp.,
Wings,
Crispy Ambulance,
Drexciya,
The Fugs,
Roxy Music,
Tears for Fears,
Mr. Review,
The Buckinghams, The Buckinghams, The Buckinghams, The Buckinghams.
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.