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 Mauritius and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 Lou Reed 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 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap to the rap kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Soft Cell. All the underground hits.
All Yaz tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Freddie Wadling record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 a guitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Gap Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Zeros,
Urselle,
Eric B and Rakim,
Sister Nancy,
Traffic Nightmare,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Red Krayola,
The Last Poets,
Man Eating Sloth,
Dennis Brown,
Sam Rivers,
The Litter,
Terry Callier,
Ronan,
Clear Light,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Model 500,
Ponytail,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Prince Buster,
Isaac Hayes,
Roxette,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Maleditus Sound,
China Crisis,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Pussy Galore,
Lalann,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Searchers,
JFA,
Scientists,
The Buckinghams,
Niagra,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Subhumans,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Skarface,
DJ Sneak,
MDC,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Grauzone,
Rekid,
Lou Christie,
Gong,
Cybotron,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Mr. Review,
Leonard Cohen,
Lalo Schifrin,
Ossler,
Thompson Twins,
Joe Finger,
The Real Kids,
Scrapy,
Ken Boothe,
The Blackbyrds,
Hardrive,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy, Eric Dolphy.
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.