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 Turkmenistan and from Lyon.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Aloha Tigers to the crunk 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 Flash Fearless. All the underground hits.
All Jerry's Kids tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Inner City record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Monochrome Set 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?
Henry Cow,
The Angels of Light,
FM Einheit,
Tommy Roe,
Dawn Penn,
Chris Corsano,
Lungfish,
The Star Department,
Lightning Bolt,
Rod Modell,
Yellowson,
the Swans,
Fatback Band,
Tomorrow,
Thompson Twins,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Maleditus Sound,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Minny Pops,
Shuggie Otis,
Rotary Connection,
Ronan,
a-ha,
OOIOO,
Cheater Slicks,
June of 44,
Groovy Waters,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Deepchord,
Todd Terry,
the Sonics,
Laurel Aitken,
Easy Going,
Brand Nubian,
Reuben Wilson,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Kerri Chandler,
Donny Hathaway,
Mr. Review,
Scientists,
The Divine Comedy,
Faraquet,
Kevin Saunderson,
kango's stein massive,
Judy Mowatt,
LL Cool J,
Kaleidoscope,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
John Foxx,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Public Image Ltd.,
Erasure,
Dark Day,
Tubeway Army,
Bauhaus,
Pole,
Aaron Thompson,
Quantec,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu.
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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.