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 Congo and from Tehran.
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 1968 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Matthew Halsall to the grime kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Minny Pops. All the underground hits.
All The Stooges tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Wasted Youth record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a the Sonics record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soft Machine,
Youth Brigade,
Pet Shop Boys,
Bill Near,
Arcadia,
The Flesh Eaters,
Das Ding,
Todd Rundgren,
The Offenders,
Loose Ends,
Alton Ellis,
The Remains,
Supertramp,
Warren Ellis,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Terry Callier,
Blake Baxter,
The Moleskins,
The Pop Group,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Jerry's Kids,
The Fuzztones,
Yusef Lateef,
Thee Headcoats,
Echospace,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Kenny Larkin,
Moss Icon,
Glambeats Corp.,
Soul Sonic Force,
Marvin Gaye,
Lou Reed,
The Moody Blues,
The Names,
Fat Boys,
Nas,
Magma,
Crime,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Derrick May,
Black Sheep,
The Slackers,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Brick,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Andrew Hill,
Maleditus Sound,
Tomorrow,
Sun Ra,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Saints,
Pierre Henry,
Grauzone,
Delta 5,
The Fall,
48th St. Collective,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Tremeloes,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.