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 Guyana and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Salvador.
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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Pulsallama to the dance kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Parry Music. All the underground hits.
All Bluetip tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Smog 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Public Image Ltd. record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Evens,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Gang of Four,
Barclay James Harvest,
Goldenarms,
The Invisible,
Todd Rundgren,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Kenny Larkin,
The Associates,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Standells,
Sandy B,
Bronski Beat,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Bob Dylan,
Scientists,
Ralphi Rosario,
Duran Duran,
Deepchord,
L. Decosne,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Big Daddy Kane,
Q65,
Tim Buckley,
Boz Scaggs,
Roy Ayers,
Grey Daturas,
Stereo Dub,
Peter & Gordon,
Banda Bassotti,
The Beau Brummels,
In Retrospect,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Kevin Saunderson,
Quadrant,
The Doors,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Eric B and Rakim,
Mission of Burma,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Blancmange,
The Fuzztones,
D'Angelo,
The Smoke,
The Velvet Underground,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Angels of Light,
Cybotron,
Jacob Miller,
Barrington Levy,
Bootsy Collins,
Tomorrow,
Qualms,
Isaac Hayes,
The Monks,
B.T. Express,
The Gap Band, The Gap Band, The Gap Band, The Gap Band.
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.