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 Malta and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1968 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 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 Procol Harum to the techno 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 Circle Jerks. All the underground hits.
All MDC tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Neil Young record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nils Olav record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Radiohead,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Soft Machine,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Adolescents,
Flipper,
Average White Band,
Flamin' Groovies,
EPMD,
Harry Pussy,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Delon & Dalcan,
Jandek,
Cybotron,
Mars,
8 Eyed Spy,
The Move,
Half Japanese,
The Five Americans,
Cluster,
Rites of Spring,
Smog,
Lalann,
The Leaves,
The Buckinghams,
Warsaw,
The Zeros,
Surgeon,
Alton Ellis,
Tears for Fears,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
the Human League,
Graham Central Station,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Sight & Sound,
Stereo Dub,
Royal Trux,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Robert Görl,
Little Man,
One Last Wish,
Guru Guru,
Khruangbin,
Inner City,
Yusef Lateef,
Wire,
Patti Smith,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Organ,
Monolake,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Fat Boys,
The Alarm Clocks,
Michelle Simonal,
Gil Scott Heron,
Hashim,
Minor Threat,
Accadde A,
Aswad,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Stetsasonic,
Brand Nubian,
Cecil Taylor,
Young Marble Giants,
The Human League, The Human League, The Human League, The Human League.
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.