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 Ireland and from Houston.
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 1968 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the 808 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 Alison Limerick to the grime kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Kas Product. All the underground hits.
All Erykah Badu tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sun Ra record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 a harpsichord and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Whodini record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Section 25,
the Swans,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Khruangbin,
Au Pairs,
Stereo Dub,
Suicide,
UT,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Depeche Mode,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Barrington Levy,
Grandmaster Flash,
Cecil Taylor,
Pet Shop Boys,
Circle Jerks,
Silicon Teens,
Audionom,
Crooked Eye,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Ossler,
Groovy Waters,
Monolake,
Graham Central Station,
The Searchers,
Goldenarms,
The Evens,
Accadde A,
The Barracudas,
La Düsseldorf,
Deadbeat,
The J.B.'s,
PIL,
Skarface,
Yaz,
The Dave Clark Five,
Kenny Larkin,
Jawbox,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Rekid,
The Blackbyrds,
Hardrive,
Bobby Womack,
Moss Icon,
Thee Headcoats,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Ituana,
The Moleskins,
Von Mondo,
Marvin Gaye,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Bronski Beat,
New Order,
Gang Gang Dance,
the Germs,
Camberwell Now,
The Buckinghams,
Absolute Body Control,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Mr. Review,
Duran Duran, Duran Duran, Duran Duran, Duran Duran.
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.