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 Dominica and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1966 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
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 Kevin Saunderson to the disco kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Brass Construction. All the underground hits.
All The Trojans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eddi Front record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 an arpeggiator and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jeru the Damaja record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Sonics,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Ohio Players,
The Offenders,
Los Fastidios,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Reagan Youth,
Crime,
Subhumans,
The Evens,
Icehouse,
Bizarre Inc.,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Marvin Gaye,
Terrestrial Tones,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Pussy Galore,
The Stooges,
Drexciya,
Sällskapet,
Bob Dylan,
The Cure,
Derrick May,
Wings,
X-102,
Althea and Donna,
Kevin Saunderson,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Wasted Youth,
Thee Headcoats,
Model 500,
Danielle Patucci,
Alphaville,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Electric Prunes,
The Fall,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Graham Central Station,
MDC,
Kenny Larkin,
Gong,
Soft Cell,
Joe Smooth,
Newcleus,
Eric Dolphy,
Kurtis Blow,
Bronski Beat,
The Monochrome Set,
Sonny Sharrock,
DJ Style,
The Dirtbombs,
Public Image Ltd.,
Godley & Creme,
Peter & Gordon,
Minnie Riperton,
Warren Ellis,
Eddi Front,
Scrapy,
Barry Ungar,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Pulsallama, Pulsallama, Pulsallama, Pulsallama.
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.