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 Netherlands and from Sao Paulo.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the rhodes 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 Brick to the funk 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 Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam. All the underground hits.
All Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rhythm & Sound 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 sitar and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Harpers Bizarre record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
A Certain Ratio,
T. Rex,
Ronan,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Pet Shop Boys,
the Bar-Kays,
Unrelated Segments,
Infiniti,
The American Breed,
Jerry's Kids,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Laurel Aitken,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Ludus,
LL Cool J,
Kaleidoscope,
Agitation Free,
Cal Tjader,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Erykah Badu,
Reagan Youth,
Jeff Lynne,
Arab on Radar,
Gabor Szabo,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Tomorrow,
Lightning Bolt,
Rod Modell,
Archie Shepp,
Symarip,
Fela Kuti,
Guru Guru,
DJ Sneak,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Massinfluence,
Alton Ellis,
Aaron Thompson,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Schoolly D,
Alison Limerick,
Essential Logic,
Brand Nubian,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Tubeway Army,
The Slits,
Smog,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Popol Vuh,
Mark Hollis,
Tom Boy,
Duran Duran,
Jimmy McGriff,
Quantec,
Dual Sessions,
Parry Music,
B.T. Express,
Joey Negro,
Television Personalities,
Vladislav Delay, Vladislav Delay, Vladislav Delay, Vladislav Delay.
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.