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 Swaziland and from Mumbai.
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 1969 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Animal Collective to the rock kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Nation of Ulysses. All the underground hits.
All James White and The Blacks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Public Image Ltd. record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 808 and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Camberwell Now record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Matthew Halsall,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Cecil Taylor,
Warren Ellis,
Skriet,
Ornette Coleman,
The Wake,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Cymande,
Lou Reed,
The Last Poets,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Radiohead,
B.T. Express,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Bauhaus,
Babytalk,
The Offenders,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Guru Guru,
F. McDonald,
Sam Rivers,
Agent Orange,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Index,
The Litter,
Jandek,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
June of 44,
Alice Coltrane,
Avey Tare,
Jerry's Kids,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Fuzztones,
Agitation Free,
kango's stein massive,
The Gap Band,
Althea and Donna,
The Flesh Eaters,
Electric Prunes,
Juan Atkins,
a-ha,
Marcia Griffiths,
The Buckinghams,
Archie Shepp,
The Gories,
The Star Department,
Sugar Minott,
Marvin Gaye,
Jeru the Damaja,
The Smoke,
James White and The Blacks,
Wolf Eyes,
Joey Negro,
Dead Boys,
Faust,
Derrick Morgan,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Dual Sessions,
Buzzcocks,
Gang Green, Gang Green, Gang Green, Gang Green.
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.