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 Ghana and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1961 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 Nile Rodgers 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 OOIOO 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 Scrapy. All the underground hits.
All Terror Squad Feat. Camron tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Oneida record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 güiro and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Cowsills record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Hardrive,
The Moleskins,
X-102,
Shuggie Otis,
Kevin Saunderson,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Ronan,
Johnny Clarke,
Soul Sonic Force,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Steve Hackett,
Section 25,
The Young Rascals,
The Fire Engines,
Cecil Taylor,
Pantytec,
Pylon,
Bang On A Can,
Black Sheep,
Roger Hodgson,
Scientists,
Au Pairs,
The Slackers,
Urselle,
Rosa Yemen,
Sonny Sharrock,
EPMD,
Curtis Mayfield,
Albert Ayler,
Stetsasonic,
Crispian St. Peters,
Suburban Knight,
Joey Negro,
Darondo,
Peter & Gordon,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The Fall,
Rekid,
Michelle Simonal,
Pole,
Icehouse,
Gerry Rafferty,
Technova,
Deakin,
Dave Gahan,
John Cale,
Eric Copeland,
Max Romeo,
Jesper Dahlback,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
K-Klass,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Saccharine Trust,
Von Mondo,
The Star Department,
David Axelrod,
The Fugs,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Mighty Diamonds, The Mighty Diamonds, The Mighty Diamonds, The Mighty Diamonds.
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.