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 Moldova and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Mantronix to the punk 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 Avey Tare. All the underground hits.
All Flash Fearless tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sister Nancy record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 harpsichord and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Groovy Waters record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Supertramp,
Pere Ubu,
Eric Dolphy,
Scion,
The Star Department,
D'Angelo,
Bizarre Inc.,
Fear,
Kerrie Biddell,
Zapp,
Crispian St. Peters,
Loose Ends,
Motorama,
Pulsallama,
Procol Harum,
Rapeman,
The Cure,
Lakeside,
New Age Steppers,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Lalo Schifrin,
Young Marble Giants,
Bobby Womack,
The Red Krayola,
Bad Manners,
The Birthday Party,
Quando Quango,
Kenny Larkin,
Magma,
The Real Kids,
Shuggie Otis,
Juan Atkins,
Bluetip,
Jacques Brel,
Man Parrish,
Pharoah Sanders,
The Trojans,
Symarip,
Boz Scaggs,
Bang On A Can,
Sun City Girls,
John Lydon,
Soulsonic Force,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Index,
Sandy B,
Yaz,
Stetsasonic,
Buzzcocks,
Yazoo,
Stockholm Monsters,
the Germs,
Mr. Review,
The Kinks,
Steve Hackett,
Warsaw,
Negative Approach,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Wasted Youth,
Tim Buckley,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.