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 Morocco and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1969 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 The Detroit Cobras to the rap kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 FM Einheit. All the underground hits.
All Flamin' Groovies tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every It's A Beautiful Day record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 linndrum and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Thee Headcoats record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
U.S. Maple,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Ronan,
Isaac Hayes,
The Raincoats,
Yusef Lateef,
Crash Course in Science,
Rotary Connection,
Tim Buckley,
Guru Guru,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Toasters,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Johnny Osbourne,
Jawbox,
Desert Stars,
Das Ding,
Darondo,
Alton Ellis,
Scott Walker,
Jeff Lynne,
Eddi Front,
Roxy Music,
Stereo Dub,
DNA,
Barclay James Harvest,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Invisible,
Eden Ahbez,
Crime,
CMW,
Sällskapet,
Dead Boys,
AZ,
The Tremeloes,
Barry Ungar,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Birthday Party,
Fad Gadget,
Sixth Finger,
Donny Hathaway,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Scientists,
The Standells,
Fluxion,
Bluetip,
Thompson Twins,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Au Pairs,
Joyce Sims,
Harmonia,
Stiv Bators,
Fort Wilson Riot,
B.T. Express,
The Kinks,
10cc,
Tommy Roe,
H. Thieme,
Andrew Hill,
Eve St. Jones, Eve St. Jones, Eve St. Jones, Eve St. Jones.
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.