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 Portland.
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 1964 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
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 Shuggie Otis to the dance 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 Qualms. All the underground hits.
All Godley & Creme tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Buckinghams 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Dirtbombs record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
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,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Camouflage,
Girls At Our Best!,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
the Soft Cell,
Kaleidoscope,
Popol Vuh,
The Cramps,
Masters at Work,
The Doobie Brothers,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Gap Band,
Mantronix,
Essential Logic,
Public Image Ltd.,
Nation of Ulysses,
The Misunderstood,
Second Layer,
Amon Düül,
Andrew Hill,
The Mummies,
Glenn Branca,
Spandau Ballet,
The Young Rascals,
World's Most,
Alton Ellis,
Sexual Harrassment,
The Searchers,
Danielle Patucci,
Oneida,
the Sonics,
10cc,
Reuben Wilson,
Echospace,
Sonic Youth,
T.S.O.L.,
The Remains,
Yaz,
Flash Fearless,
The Saints,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
UT,
Gang of Four,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Qualms,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Skatalites,
Radio Birdman,
The Slackers,
D'Angelo,
Wings,
Arab on Radar,
cv313,
F. McDonald,
Zapp,
Model 500,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Symarip,
Roy Ayers, Roy Ayers, Roy Ayers, Roy Ayers.
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.