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 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 1963 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band to the grime kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Robert Görl. All the underground hits.
All Letta Mbulu tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Supertramp record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Charles Mingus record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sonny Sharrock,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Dave Gahan,
Juan Atkins,
Sixth Finger,
Q65,
Patti Smith,
Kerrie Biddell,
Leonard Cohen,
Outsiders,
Terry Callier,
Unwound,
Drive Like Jehu,
Kenny Larkin,
Lakeside,
Connie Case,
The Busters,
cv313,
The Vogues,
Gerry Rafferty,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Ultra Naté,
Agitation Free,
Glambeats Corp.,
Sparks,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Detroit Cobras,
Marc Almond,
Masters at Work,
Minnie Riperton,
The Barracudas,
Gil Scott Heron,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Matthew Halsall,
Public Image Ltd.,
Kaleidoscope,
Lungfish,
X-101,
The Cramps,
Robert Görl,
The Seeds,
The Smiths,
Lightning Bolt,
Blossom Toes,
The Happenings,
Al Stewart,
The Modern Lovers,
The Smoke,
Urselle,
LL Cool J,
The Blackbyrds,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Nirvana,
Jacob Miller,
Reuben Wilson,
Parry Music,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
H. Thieme,
T. Rex,
Lou Reed,
Marmalade,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Essential Logic,
Cecil Taylor, Cecil Taylor, Cecil Taylor, Cecil Taylor.
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.