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 Barbados and from Winnipeg.
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 1961 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Basic Channel to the dance kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 New York Dolls. All the underground hits.
All Dual Sessions tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every It's A Beautiful Day record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 clarinet and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Von Mondo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Deepchord,
The Victims,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Chris & Cosey,
Danielle Patucci,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Bizarre Inc.,
Vladislav Delay,
Amazonics,
ABC,
The Moody Blues,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Camouflage,
DJ Sneak,
the Germs,
Jawbox,
Brand Nubian,
Black Flag,
Urselle,
Fluxion,
Dave Gahan,
Marine Girls,
The Five Americans,
Animal Collective,
Bluetip,
Skarface,
Lou Reed,
The Happenings,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Pet Shop Boys,
Infiniti,
K-Klass,
The New Christs,
Stereo Dub,
Ten City,
H. Thieme,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Little Man,
Nick Fraelich,
Icehouse,
E-Dancer,
Tom Boy,
Roger Hodgson,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Cramps,
Wasted Youth,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Aloha Tigers,
Alton Ellis,
The Invisible,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Saccharine Trust,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
FM Einheit,
Johnny Clarke,
Oblivians,
Joensuu 1685,
Sugar Minott,
MC5,
Tears for Fears,
ABBA,
The Gap Band,
Sarah Menescal,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.