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 Colombia and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the güiro 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 Ralphi Rosario to the rap 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 Lalann. All the underground hits.
All Essential Logic tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Pop Group 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Marine Girls record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gerry Rafferty,
Nas,
Flash Fearless,
Inner City,
Robert Görl,
Eric B and Rakim,
Grey Daturas,
Sam Rivers,
the Association,
DNA,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Moleskins,
Marc Almond,
The Birthday Party,
Michelle Simonal,
Talk Talk,
Lyres,
Au Pairs,
Joey Negro,
Johnny Clarke,
The Techniques,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Dave Gahan,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Alice Coltrane,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Human League,
Donald Byrd,
Nick Fraelich,
Avey Tare,
Scratch Acid,
Lucky Dragons,
Eric Dolphy,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The Wake,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Ronan,
Von Mondo,
Agent Orange,
Bobby Womack,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
The Gladiators,
The Invisible,
Aswad,
Hardrive,
Easy Going,
Minny Pops,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Pharoah Sanders,
Lungfish,
Chris Corsano,
Skarface,
The Trojans,
Country Teasers,
UT,
Bootsy Collins,
Colin Newman,
Adolescents,
Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp.
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.