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 Bangladesh and from Glasgow.
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 1960 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Lyres to the jazz 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 Reuben Wilson. All the underground hits.
All Oblivians tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mandrill record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joe Finger record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Joe Finger,
The Mojo Men,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Aaron Thompson,
Graham Central Station,
The Black Dice,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Dorothy Ashby,
Unwound,
Amazonics,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Drive Like Jehu,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
The Martian,
Jawbox,
The Motions,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Radiohead,
Faust,
Kerri Chandler,
Lee Hazlewood,
The Selecter,
Brick,
H. Thieme,
Newcleus,
Crispy Ambulance,
Fad Gadget,
Jeff Mills,
Trumans Water,
New York Dolls,
Moebius,
Flash Fearless,
John Lydon,
Ash Ra Tempel,
JFA,
Dark Day,
Todd Terry,
Agitation Free,
Grauzone,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Groovy Waters,
Tom Boy,
The Raincoats,
the Association,
Metal Thangz,
Section 25,
The Leaves,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Isaac Hayes,
Aswad,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The Fire Engines,
The Pop Group,
The Star Department,
T.S.O.L.,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Intrusion,
Peter and Kerry, Peter and Kerry, Peter and Kerry, Peter and Kerry.
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.