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 Paraguay 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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 808 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 Ultramagnetic MC's to the grime 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 Blossom Toes. All the underground hits.
All Maleditus Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pussy Galore record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 sitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Audionom record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
The Tremeloes,
Jeru the Damaja,
Gang Gang Dance,
Sällskapet,
ABBA,
E-Dancer,
Basic Channel,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Kurtis Blow,
Television,
the Sonics,
Faust,
Delon & Dalcan,
Peter and Kerry,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Michelle Simonal,
Sixth Finger,
A Certain Ratio,
Mark Hollis,
Deakin,
Gong,
Kool Moe Dee,
a-ha,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Fad Gadget,
Kas Product,
Swans,
OOIOO,
Parry Music,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Minor Threat,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Little Man,
Robert Görl,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Slave,
Pharoah Sanders,
Todd Terry,
Bad Manners,
Sun City Girls,
Mo-Dettes,
The Index,
Severed Heads,
Bob Dylan,
Radiohead,
The Associates,
DJ Sneak,
Echospace,
8 Eyed Spy,
Isaac Hayes,
Lungfish,
The Invisible,
Blancmange,
Adolescents,
Matthew Halsall,
Derrick May,
Roxette,
the Swans,
Bootsy Collins,
Metal Thangz, Metal Thangz, Metal Thangz, Metal Thangz.
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.