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 Colombia and from Manchester.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Minny Pops to the grime kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz. All the underground hits.
All Ponytail tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Residents record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Echospace record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Negative Approach,
Jeff Lynne,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Sonic Youth,
Soul Sonic Force,
Gregory Isaacs,
Shoche,
The Gladiators,
Soul II Soul,
Eric Copeland,
Metal Thangz,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Chris Corsano,
Tres Demented,
Girls At Our Best!,
Black Pus,
Roxette,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Tremeloes,
kango's stein massive,
The Residents,
Black Moon,
Mark Hollis,
Country Teasers,
The Birthday Party,
Gastr Del Sol,
Urselle,
Junior Murvin,
Outsiders,
Stetsasonic,
LL Cool J,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Black Flag,
Derrick Morgan,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Steve Hackett,
Faraquet,
Letta Mbulu,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Clear Light,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
E-Dancer,
Erykah Badu,
Gang Green,
Lee Hazlewood,
Sight & Sound,
Amon Düül II,
DJ Sneak,
Average White Band,
Black Sheep,
Skaos,
48th St. Collective,
Joey Negro,
Sexual Harrassment,
Sound Behaviour,
Terry Callier,
Yellowson,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
The New Christs,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.