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 Tuvalu and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 The Jesus and Mary Chain to the disco kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. All the underground hits.
All AZ tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Five Americans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jerry's Kids record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Matthew Halsall,
Thee Headcoats,
Gang Gang Dance,
Agent Orange,
Ituana,
Urselle,
Judy Mowatt,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Loose Ends,
Parry Music,
Radiopuhelimet,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
a-ha,
Pagans,
Lindisfarne,
Eden Ahbez,
Patti Smith,
the Sonics,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Interpol,
Electric Prunes,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
FM Einheit,
The Gladiators,
The Walker Brothers,
The Sound,
Eddi Front,
Jeff Lynne,
John Coltrane,
Minutemen,
Circle Jerks,
Kas Product,
the Slits,
The Litter,
The Human League,
Newcleus,
EPMD,
Country Teasers,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Barracudas,
Lou Christie,
Make Up,
Morten Harket,
New York Dolls,
Hot Snakes,
Harmonia,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Henry Cow,
Boogie Down Productions,
Sun City Girls,
The Velvet Underground,
Roger Hodgson,
Carl Craig,
Byron Stingily,
The Modern Lovers,
Tom Boy,
Model 500,
Whodini,
The Five Americans, The Five Americans, The Five Americans, The Five Americans.
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.