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 India and from Columbus.
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 1960 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 The Leaves to the grime 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 Kevin Saunderson. All the underground hits.
All Joey Negro tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eyeless In Gaza 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pagans record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Loose Ends,
UT,
the Swans,
Todd Rundgren,
Liliput,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Invisible,
Reuben Wilson,
The Star Department,
Ronnie Foster,
Delon & Dalcan,
Soft Machine,
Eyeless In Gaza,
John Foxx,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Mantronix,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Eric Dolphy,
Minny Pops,
Jeff Mills,
Johnny Osbourne,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Letta Mbulu,
Gang Green,
ABBA,
The Black Dice,
Pere Ubu,
Bauhaus,
Kerrie Biddell,
The Birthday Party,
Rapeman,
Matthew Halsall,
Organ,
Bad Manners,
Lebanon Hanover,
Al Stewart,
The Leaves,
Groovy Waters,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Gregory Isaacs,
Barry Ungar,
Derrick Morgan,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Agent Orange,
Mo-Dettes,
L. Decosne,
Hoover,
Maleditus Sound,
Colin Newman,
Y Pants,
Motorama,
Jeru the Damaja,
Jeff Lynne,
Average White Band,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The Moody Blues,
New Age Steppers,
Jacques Brel,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Technova, Technova, Technova, Technova.
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.