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 Palau and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1962 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 rhodes 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 ABBA to the jazz 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 Fad Gadget. All the underground hits.
All Wolf Eyes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kurtis Blow record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Con Funk Shun record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Angels of Light,
Man Parrish,
Man Eating Sloth,
Ludus,
The New Christs,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Sonic Youth,
Moss Icon,
D'Angelo,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Jawbox,
Kenny Larkin,
The Misunderstood,
Scion,
Avey Tare,
Mandrill,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Neu!,
Ultra Naté,
The Fuzztones,
PIL,
Rotary Connection,
Heaven 17,
Archie Shepp,
The Martian,
Marc Almond,
Yazoo,
Bad Manners,
Aural Exciters,
Kerrie Biddell,
Kurtis Blow,
David McCallum,
Symarip,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Skaos,
Dawn Penn,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Quando Quango,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Urselle,
DJ Style,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Gang of Four,
Jandek,
Television Personalities,
Johnny Clarke,
Minny Pops,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Lungfish,
The Durutti Column,
The Move,
Henry Cow,
Talk Talk,
Eddi Front,
Lee Hazlewood,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Beau Brummels,
DJ Sneak,
Basic Channel,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Sarah Menescal,
Gregory Isaacs, Gregory Isaacs, Gregory Isaacs, Gregory Isaacs.
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.