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 Slovenia and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1967 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Grey Daturas to the funk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Magma. All the underground hits.
All Kevin Saunderson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Talk Talk 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sun Ra Arkestra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Yusef Lateef,
Faust,
Babytalk,
Glambeats Corp.,
Skarface,
F. McDonald,
The Monks,
Donny Hathaway,
Khruangbin,
The Walker Brothers,
Pere Ubu,
Boredoms,
Eli Mardock,
Slave,
Kerri Chandler,
Tom Boy,
PIL,
Sugar Minott,
Agent Orange,
Patti Smith,
Soulsonic Force,
Minnie Riperton,
Reuben Wilson,
Janne Schatter,
The New Christs,
Oblivians,
Suburban Knight,
Dead Boys,
Echospace,
Bobby Womack,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Spandau Ballet,
Howard Jones,
Roxy Music,
Masters at Work,
Nirvana,
Lindisfarne,
Nico,
Rapeman,
The Moleskins,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Buckinghams,
The Music Machine,
The Detroit Cobras,
Fela Kuti,
Boogie Down Productions,
Deepchord,
Skriet,
Toni Rubio,
Marine Girls,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Kurtis Blow,
The United States of America,
David McCallum,
The Fuzztones,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Joey Negro,
Reagan Youth,
Ornette Coleman,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Lalann,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog.
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.