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 Uruguay and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Barclay James Harvest to the funk 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 The Residents. All the underground hits.
All Pagans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 linndrum and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Aaron Thompson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar 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 Young Rascals,
Buzzcocks,
Al Stewart,
The Buckinghams,
The Vogues,
The Human League,
Slave,
Lucky Dragons,
Avey Tare,
Davy DMX,
The Music Machine,
Boogie Down Productions,
Matthew Bourne,
DJ Sneak,
La Düsseldorf,
New York Dolls,
Eli Mardock,
The Zeros,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
In Retrospect,
These Immortal Souls,
Thompson Twins,
James White and The Blacks,
Cal Tjader,
the Swans,
Pere Ubu,
Quando Quango,
Delta 5,
Livin' Joy,
The Slackers,
Kerrie Biddell,
Dawn Penn,
The New Christs,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Qualms,
Clear Light,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Boredoms,
Ash Ra Tempel,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Joey Negro,
Bad Manners,
Kool Moe Dee,
Bobby Sherman,
Cybotron,
Carl Craig,
Massinfluence,
Scratch Acid,
Jawbox,
China Crisis,
Main Source,
Suicide,
K-Klass,
Roger Hodgson,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Pole,
Minny Pops,
Eden Ahbez,
Girls At Our Best!,
Drive Like Jehu,
Alton Ellis,
Goldenarms,
Skaos,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade, Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade, Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade, Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade.
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.