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 Bulgaria and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1968 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Charles Mingus to the punk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Black Flag. All the underground hits.
All Can tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Stooges record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Durutti Column record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kayak,
Hasil Adkins,
Slave,
Fugazi,
Amon Düül II,
Yaz,
The Dirtbombs,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Michelle Simonal,
The Associates,
The Martian,
World's Most,
Shuggie Otis,
Jawbox,
Ken Boothe,
The Selecter,
Ultimate Spinach,
Yellowson,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Rekid,
Public Image Ltd.,
Skaos,
Livin' Joy,
Babytalk,
Quando Quango,
X-101,
Nas,
Arthur Verocai,
Jacob Miller,
E-Dancer,
Donny Hathaway,
Black Flag,
Royal Trux,
Young Marble Giants,
Letta Mbulu,
The Fuzztones,
Tommy Roe,
Kevin Saunderson,
Black Pus,
Warren Ellis,
Big Daddy Kane,
The Tremeloes,
Al Stewart,
Alton Ellis,
Harmonia,
Gang Green,
The Happenings,
Ronnie Foster,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Fat Boys,
Davy DMX,
Curtis Mayfield,
Index,
Grey Daturas,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Ludus,
the Human League,
ABC,
Bill Near,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Stereo Dub, Stereo Dub, Stereo Dub, Stereo Dub.
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.