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 Copenhagen.
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 1967 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 F. McDonald to the jazz 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 Neu!. All the underground hits.
All E-Dancer tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Soulsonic Force record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lakeside record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ice-T,
T. Rex,
Guru Guru,
Wire,
The Black Dice,
Little Man,
Bizarre Inc.,
Arthur Verocai,
Audionom,
Cal Tjader,
Bobby Hutcherson,
DJ Style,
Marc Almond,
Henry Cow,
The Fall,
Kool Moe Dee,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Laurel Aitken,
Scion,
Man Parrish,
Blossom Toes,
Alton Ellis,
H. Thieme,
Barrington Levy,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Ultra Naté,
ABBA,
Bronski Beat,
Make Up,
New Order,
Soul II Soul,
Jacob Miller,
Gil Scott Heron,
Bill Near,
OOIOO,
The Sonics,
China Crisis,
Oblivians,
Anthony Braxton,
Lou Christie,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Visage,
Rufus Thomas,
Urselle,
The Five Americans,
Tropical Tobacco,
Ituana,
The American Breed,
The New Christs,
Ultimate Spinach,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Livin' Joy,
Mark Hollis,
PIL,
AZ,
Mary Jane Girls,
Jeff Lynne,
a-ha,
Can,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.