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 Switzerland and from Toronto.
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 1969 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 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 Ultra Naté to the techno kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Stereo Dub. All the underground hits.
All The Cramps tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every DNA record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 chamberlin and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visage record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Davy DMX,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
John Cale,
Danielle Patucci,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Marmalade,
Pantaleimon,
Avey Tare,
Shuggie Otis,
Magazine,
Graham Central Station,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Accadde A,
The Fall,
Tommy Roe,
Fat Boys,
Deepchord,
Magma,
Jacob Miller,
World's Most,
Nick Fraelich,
CMW,
FM Einheit,
The Durutti Column,
Ralphi Rosario,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Sarah Menescal,
Gerry Rafferty,
Joe Smooth,
Drexciya,
the Human League,
Bluetip,
Organ,
Subhumans,
Pet Shop Boys,
Ronnie Foster,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Gastr Del Sol,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Skarface,
The Associates,
Japan,
Lalann,
Siglo XX,
Agent Orange,
The Black Dice,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Blake Baxter,
MC5,
Nik Kershaw,
Vladislav Delay,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Fluxion,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Aural Exciters,
Anthony Braxton,
Michelle Simonal,
The Raincoats,
The Happenings,
Lakeside, Lakeside, Lakeside, Lakeside.
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.