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 Tonga and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 güiro 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 Mr. Review to the rock 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 The Slackers. All the underground hits.
All The Fortunes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every China Crisis record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Faraquet record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jerry's Kids,
Warsaw,
Marvin Gaye,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Porter Ricks,
Zero Boys,
Dave Gahan,
Lebanon Hanover,
Glenn Branca,
In Retrospect,
JFA,
Sun Ra,
Sarah Menescal,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Ponytail,
Kenny Larkin,
Spandau Ballet,
Y Pants,
Infiniti,
John Holt,
Patti Smith,
Steve Hackett,
Gang Starr,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
the Germs,
Barry Ungar,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Yazoo,
Janne Schatter,
Juan Atkins,
Subhumans,
Absolute Body Control,
Lou Reed,
Main Source,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Frankie Knuckles,
Soft Cell,
Althea and Donna,
Bush Tetras,
Babytalk,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Sound,
China Crisis,
The Knickerbockers,
Loose Ends,
Kayak,
June Days,
Tubeway Army,
Tommy Roe,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
The Saints,
Amon Düül II,
Stiv Bators,
Young Marble Giants,
Television,
Siglo XX,
The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party.
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.