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 Liechtenstein and from Mumbai.
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 1962 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the theremin 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 Accadde A to the disco kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Alphaville. All the underground hits.
All R.M.O. tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lucky Dragons record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 808 and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bobby Womack,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
The Music Machine,
Public Image Ltd.,
Theoretical Girls,
10cc,
Pole,
Rod Modell,
Dennis Brown,
Joe Smooth,
Lebanon Hanover,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Pantaleimon,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
The Star Department,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The Kinks,
Soft Machine,
Y Pants,
One Last Wish,
KRS-One,
MDC,
The Sound,
The Count Five,
Gerry Rafferty,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Glambeats Corp.,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
DJ Style,
Crispy Ambulance,
Minny Pops,
Godley & Creme,
Terry Callier,
Easy Going,
Pylon,
Pussy Galore,
The Trojans,
Youth Brigade,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Icehouse,
Andrew Hill,
The New Christs,
Letta Mbulu,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Standells,
Underground Resistance,
The Divine Comedy,
Dawn Penn,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Ralphi Rosario,
Reuben Wilson,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Section 25,
AZ,
Drexciya,
Lightning Bolt,
Rotary Connection,
Susan Cadogan,
ABBA,
Lou Reed,
Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal.
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.