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 Belgium and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the snare 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 Main Source to the disco 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 Moby Grape. All the underground hits.
All Dark Day tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Notorious Big And Bone Thugs record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Sound record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Quantec,
Brick,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Raincoats,
Godley & Creme,
Parry Music,
Saccharine Trust,
Suburban Knight,
Gang Starr,
Ronan,
Jawbox,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Nick Fraelich,
The Motions,
Mark Hollis,
Black Sheep,
Kerrie Biddell,
Animal Collective,
Pagans,
Procol Harum,
Franke,
Stockholm Monsters,
Jandek,
Quando Quango,
Das Ding,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Charles Mingus,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
ABC,
Girls At Our Best!,
Junior Murvin,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Thompson Twins,
Easy Going,
The Litter,
June of 44,
David Bowie,
Slick Rick,
Mary Jane Girls,
Marshall Jefferson,
Sight & Sound,
Roger Hodgson,
Ten City,
Avey Tare,
Surgeon,
The Offenders,
The Fuzztones,
Tears for Fears,
Joe Smooth,
The Young Rascals,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Bill Wells,
Sarah Menescal,
Bush Tetras,
Lou Christie,
John Cale,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Fad Gadget,
Pierre Henry,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.