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 Malawi and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1962 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Eurythmics to the funk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Mission of Burma. All the underground hits.
All Prince Buster tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Grass Roots record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s 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 Brand Nubian record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Gabor Szabo,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Hot Snakes,
Oblivians,
MDC,
Bill Near,
Rapeman,
Neil Young,
KRS-One,
Index,
Fatback Band,
World's Most,
Lindisfarne,
Pantaleimon,
Frankie Knuckles,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Connie Case,
Juan Atkins,
F. McDonald,
ABC,
Youth Brigade,
Avey Tare,
DNA,
Harmonia,
Circle Jerks,
Derrick May,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The American Breed,
Gichy Dan,
Country Teasers,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Byron Stingily,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
La Düsseldorf,
Kenny Larkin,
Icehouse,
Black Flag,
Camouflage,
Todd Terry,
Lyres,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Associates,
Traffic Nightmare,
Cecil Taylor,
Minny Pops,
The Red Krayola,
Crash Course in Science,
Animal Collective,
Wire,
Colin Newman,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Pharoah Sanders,
Duran Duran,
Lower 48,
Suicide,
Silicon Teens,
Country Joe & The Fish, Country Joe & The Fish, Country Joe & The Fish, Country Joe & The Fish.
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.