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 Poland and from Copenhagen.
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 1967 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Yusef Lateef to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Sam Rivers. All the underground hits.
All Justin Hinds & The Dominoes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gang Starr record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
LL Cool J,
Gang Starr,
Reagan Youth,
Marshall Jefferson,
Pierre Henry,
Hardrive,
Jawbox,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Faraquet,
The Dirtbombs,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Desert Stars,
Howard Jones,
Grey Daturas,
John Foxx,
OOIOO,
Spoonie Gee,
Slick Rick,
Ronan,
Metal Thangz,
Donny Hathaway,
The Smoke,
Arcadia,
The New Christs,
David McCallum,
Jimmy McGriff,
Joe Smooth,
The Moody Blues,
Soul Sonic Force,
Au Pairs,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Offenders,
Juan Atkins,
UT,
Severed Heads,
A Certain Ratio,
Dennis Brown,
Sixth Finger,
Matthew Halsall,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Clear Light,
Ultra Naté,
Popol Vuh,
Iggy Pop,
Harry Pussy,
Porter Ricks,
Tears for Fears,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Yaz,
Judy Mowatt,
Girls At Our Best!,
Swell Maps,
Alice Coltrane,
Pulsallama,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Modern Lovers,
The Monks,
Bobby Byrd,
Tom Boy,
Bronski Beat,
The United States of America, The United States of America, The United States of America, The United States of America.
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.