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 Switzerland and from Milan.
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 1965 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Lafayette Afro Rock Band to the rock kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Alison Limerick. All the underground hits.
All Main Source tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gregory Isaacs record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 a 808 and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Lyres,
Public Enemy,
The Move,
Crash Course in Science,
Alphaville,
Tim Buckley,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Al Stewart,
Moby Grape,
Livin' Joy,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
X-101,
Shoche,
Buzzcocks,
Jawbox,
Cameo,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Modern Lovers,
Grauzone,
Jacob Miller,
Reuben Wilson,
Brick,
The Seeds,
The Smoke,
OOIOO,
The Selecter,
The Moody Blues,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Nas,
Pole,
the Soft Cell,
The Raincoats,
Scrapy,
Aloha Tigers,
T. Rex,
The Techniques,
Jeff Mills,
10cc,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
PIL,
The Birthday Party,
the Germs,
Blossom Toes,
Monolake,
Electric Prunes,
Howard Jones,
The Dead C,
A Certain Ratio,
Public Image Ltd.,
Nils Olav,
Connie Case,
Nick Fraelich,
Alton Ellis,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Searchers,
Das Ding,
Jimmy McGriff,
Joyce Sims,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Moss Icon, Moss Icon, Moss Icon, Moss Icon.
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.