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 Thailand and from Mexico City.
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 1963 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 David Bowie 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 Graham Central Station to the rock 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 Aural Exciters. All the underground hits.
All Sun Ra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every KRS-One record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 sitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dual Sessions record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Easy Going,
Robert Wyatt,
Hardrive,
Morten Harket,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Flesh Eaters,
Heaven 17,
Jandek,
Magma,
Barbara Tucker,
Au Pairs,
Danielle Patucci,
Cymande,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Fire Engines,
Gastr Del Sol,
Cybotron,
the Sonics,
The Selecter,
Pagans,
Isaac Hayes,
Amazonics,
Al Stewart,
R.M.O.,
Max Romeo,
The Music Machine,
Kas Product,
Bronski Beat,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Soul Sonic Force,
Aswad,
Nils Olav,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Blake Baxter,
The Sisters of Mercy,
MDC,
Bill Wells,
Malaria!,
Pere Ubu,
Mr. Review,
Motorama,
DJ Sneak,
Aaron Thompson,
Stockholm Monsters,
the Human League,
Grauzone,
Rotary Connection,
Crooked Eye,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Five Americans,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Hashim,
Crispian St. Peters,
Lyres,
Mo-Dettes,
The Residents,
The Busters,
KRS-One,
Wasted Youth,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Fuzztones,
Lungfish, Lungfish, Lungfish, Lungfish.
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.