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 Sweden 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 1964 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 The Slackers to the dance 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 The Trojans. All the underground hits.
All Quadrant tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Vogues record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Franke,
the Association,
Alison Limerick,
Guru Guru,
Rekid,
Symarip,
Jeff Mills,
Alton Ellis,
Magma,
Scientists,
The Walker Brothers,
Deakin,
The Cowsills,
Average White Band,
The Grass Roots,
Harpers Bizarre,
Fad Gadget,
Dawn Penn,
Roxette,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Techniques,
ABC,
John Cale,
Pet Shop Boys,
John Holt,
Index,
Jandek,
Amon Düül,
Boogie Down Productions,
Carl Craig,
Davy DMX,
EPMD,
Sonny Sharrock,
Laurel Aitken,
Dennis Brown,
Jesper Dahlback,
Half Japanese,
Lungfish,
Crispian St. Peters,
Joy Division,
Eli Mardock,
World's Most,
Maurizio,
Sight & Sound,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Mr. Review,
Los Fastidios,
Q and Not U,
One Last Wish,
Roxy Music,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Black Flag,
Livin' Joy,
the Sonics,
Yazoo,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.