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 Solomon Islands 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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Popol Vuh to the funk 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 Pylon. All the underground hits.
All PIL tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ronan 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Alison Limerick,
June Days,
The Modern Lovers,
Yaz,
Harpers Bizarre,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Five Americans,
Jawbox,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Adolescents,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Echospace,
Marmalade,
The Vogues,
Morten Harket,
The Pretty Things,
Eurythmics,
Joe Smooth,
Tommy Roe,
Bobby Womack,
Livin' Joy,
Barrington Levy,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Con Funk Shun,
Agent Orange,
Barbara Tucker,
David Axelrod,
Massinfluence,
Ossler,
The Shadows of Knight,
Robert Hood,
Kerri Chandler,
Outsiders,
Deakin,
X-102,
Bill Wells,
Juan Atkins,
The Move,
The Doobie Brothers,
Ludus,
Rites of Spring,
Bronski Beat,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Gang of Four,
Brick,
Scrapy,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Happenings,
Mary Jane Girls,
Qualms,
Mandrill,
The Flesh Eaters,
Lightning Bolt,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Reagan Youth,
The Stooges,
Brass Construction,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Kerrie Biddell,
James White and The Blacks, James White and The Blacks, James White and The Blacks, James White and The Blacks.
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.