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 Ghana and from Manchester.
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 1963 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Max Romeo to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Faust. All the underground hits.
All T.S.O.L. tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Black Pus record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Quando Quango record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Sonics,
Khruangbin,
Pylon,
the Bar-Kays,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Bobby Womack,
The Move,
Harmonia,
Rites of Spring,
The Trojans,
Robert Hood,
Dual Sessions,
Rapeman,
Kool Moe Dee,
Con Funk Shun,
Nas,
Bluetip,
The Tremeloes,
The Vogues,
The Martian,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Curtis Mayfield,
a-ha,
Tres Demented,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Morten Harket,
The Evens,
Piero Umiliani,
Arthur Verocai,
June Days,
Altered Images,
The Doors,
T.S.O.L.,
Sexual Harrassment,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Sonics,
Cybotron,
Groovy Waters,
Wings,
Fifty Foot Hose,
MDC,
Nick Fraelich,
Gabor Szabo,
DJ Sneak,
Todd Rundgren,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Eli Mardock,
Yellowson,
Danielle Patucci,
Joey Negro,
Rhythm & Sound,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Star Department,
K-Klass,
The Saints,
Barry Ungar,
Robert Görl,
The Black Dice,
Wolf Eyes,
Johnny Clarke,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.