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 Jordan and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1964 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 guitar 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 Metal Thangz to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Schoolly D. All the underground hits.
All The Doors tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jeff Mills record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jandek record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Barrington Levy,
The Birthday Party,
Lee Hazlewood,
Ossler,
Minutemen,
Bill Wells,
New Age Steppers,
Bill Near,
Reagan Youth,
Basic Channel,
Albert Ayler,
Spandau Ballet,
Hot Snakes,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Gichy Dan,
Can,
Babytalk,
Jeff Mills,
Harry Pussy,
Panda Bear,
Radiopuhelimet,
Dennis Brown,
Wasted Youth,
Thompson Twins,
The Cramps,
Joensuu 1685,
Gang Green,
Tomorrow,
Jacques Brel,
Alison Limerick,
Eden Ahbez,
Simply Red,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Dead C,
Crime,
Wire,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Beau Brummels,
Supertramp,
The Wake,
Marc Almond,
New Order,
Tears for Fears,
Symarip,
China Crisis,
E-Dancer,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Monochrome Set,
Hashim,
Delon & Dalcan,
Yellowson,
Soulsonic Force,
Essential Logic,
Oblivians,
Circle Jerks,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
The Misunderstood,
Alice Coltrane,
Minny Pops, Minny Pops, Minny Pops, Minny Pops.
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.