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 Venezuela and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 1970 at the first Onyeabor practice in a loft in Enugu.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Mars to the punk 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 Fat Boys. All the underground hits.
All Dave Gahan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Curtis Mayfield record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yusef Lateef record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Crispy Ambulance,
Slick Rick,
Reuben Wilson,
Archie Shepp,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Tom Boy,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Mission of Burma,
Niagra,
Harmonia,
Ludus,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Residents,
Davy DMX,
Symarip,
Boz Scaggs,
These Immortal Souls,
Ralphi Rosario,
Nick Fraelich,
the Swans,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Mars,
The Cramps,
Black Sheep,
The Monks,
Brass Construction,
Joyce Sims,
New Age Steppers,
Angry Samoans,
Mary Jane Girls,
MDC,
Little Man,
10cc,
Bootsy Collins,
Ponytail,
The Stooges,
Barclay James Harvest,
The Birthday Party,
Pagans,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Tres Demented,
Radiopuhelimet,
Idris Muhammad,
The Sonics,
Rakim,
the Slits,
The Velvet Underground,
Sonic Youth,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
David Bowie,
Goldenarms,
Depeche Mode,
Barry Ungar,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Moss Icon,
Los Fastidios,
Ten City,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.