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 Estonia and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Portland.
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 1970 at the first Onyeabor practice in a loft in Enugu.
I was working on the linndrum 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 R.M.O. to the dance 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 Fort Wilson Riot. All the underground hits.
All The Seeds tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Accadde A record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 marimba and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kaleidoscope,
Chris & Cosey,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Gichy Dan,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Loose Ends,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Fad Gadget,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Black Sheep,
The Velvet Underground,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Invisible,
Ralphi Rosario,
Jacob Miller,
Glenn Branca,
ABC,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Livin' Joy,
Toni Rubio,
Donald Byrd,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Monochrome Set,
Q65,
John Coltrane,
The Pretty Things,
The Wake,
Parry Music,
The Last Poets,
Moss Icon,
Sun Ra,
The Vogues,
The Toasters,
June Days,
kango's stein massive,
DJ Sneak,
Bizarre Inc.,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Sparks,
Au Pairs,
Amon Düül II,
Public Enemy,
Rotary Connection,
Albert Ayler,
The Tremeloes,
MC5,
Groovy Waters,
Thee Headcoats,
Tomorrow,
Television,
The Monks,
Accadde A,
Wire,
Marmalade,
Gang Gang Dance,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Roxette,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Victims,
Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Knuckles.
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.