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 Swaziland and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide 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 1969 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience. All the underground hits.
All Deadbeat tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Yellowson record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a These Immortal Souls record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pharoah Sanders,
Kenny Larkin,
T.S.O.L.,
the Swans,
K-Klass,
Letta Mbulu,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Soul Sonic Force,
Pole,
Arcadia,
Intrusion,
Index,
Marc Almond,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Davy DMX,
Ken Boothe,
Lungfish,
OOIOO,
FM Einheit,
Pantaleimon,
Ten City,
Roy Ayers,
Gil Scott Heron,
Talk Talk,
Spandau Ballet,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
cv313,
Hashim,
The Saints,
Roxy Music,
John Holt,
JFA,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Agitation Free,
Godley & Creme,
Flash Fearless,
Cal Tjader,
The Smiths,
The Young Rascals,
Radiopuhelimet,
Second Layer,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Funky Four + One,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
A Certain Ratio,
The Residents,
Ronnie Foster,
Unwound,
The Angels of Light,
Interpol,
The Raincoats,
Roxette,
Chris Corsano,
The Sound,
Panda Bear,
Joyce Sims,
Electric Prunes,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Thee Headcoats, Thee Headcoats, Thee Headcoats, Thee Headcoats.
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.