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 Russia and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 theremin 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 Arcadia to the grunge 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 Alphaville. All the underground hits.
All Susan Cadogan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Scion record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Busters record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Anakelly,
Pere Ubu,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Gichy Dan,
Boogie Down Productions,
David Axelrod,
Rekid,
Delta 5,
Arcadia,
Sugar Minott,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
kango's stein massive,
Hoover,
Symarip,
Boredoms,
The Sonics,
Spoonie Gee,
Piero Umiliani,
Wolf Eyes,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Drexciya,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Reuben Wilson,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Pussy Galore,
Japan,
Agent Orange,
Radio Birdman,
Alton Ellis,
Lalann,
Pet Shop Boys,
Lyres,
Frankie Knuckles,
Roy Ayers,
Infiniti,
Avey Tare,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
EPMD,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Brass Construction,
Brand Nubian,
the Slits,
Marine Girls,
Fear,
The Gladiators,
Monks,
OOIOO,
Ronnie Foster,
Au Pairs,
June of 44,
Deakin,
Little Man,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Kerri Chandler,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Interpol,
Drive Like Jehu,
Davy DMX,
Crime,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes.
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.