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 Switzerland and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 Section 25 to the rap 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 Echo & the Bunnymen. All the underground hits.
All Soulsonic Force tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Supertramp 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter and Kerry record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sonny Sharrock,
The Sonics,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Pulsallama,
Hardrive,
Flamin' Groovies,
Kerri Chandler,
Rosa Yemen,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
John Holt,
Piero Umiliani,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Man Parrish,
Cymande,
X-101,
Groovy Waters,
Shuggie Otis,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Niagra,
Bobby Byrd,
Intrusion,
Interpol,
Jandek,
The Cramps,
Essential Logic,
Gregory Isaacs,
A Certain Ratio,
Aural Exciters,
Gichy Dan,
Scrapy,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Jeff Lynne,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Pierre Henry,
Black Pus,
Cheater Slicks,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Cal Tjader,
Darondo,
The Index,
Rod Modell,
Unwound,
DJ Style,
Tomorrow,
Pantytec,
Jeff Mills,
Letta Mbulu,
Fad Gadget,
Hasil Adkins,
The J.B.'s,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Icehouse,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Cabaret Voltaire,
DJ Sneak,
Quantec,
Stiv Bators,
Maurizio, Maurizio, Maurizio, Maurizio.
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.