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 Sweden and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Pretty Things to the rock kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Funkadelic. All the underground hits.
All Justin Hinds & The Dominoes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Invisible record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 an oboe and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gang Gang Dance record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Avey Tare,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Eve St. Jones,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
New York Dolls,
The Litter,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Raincoats,
Johnny Clarke,
In Retrospect,
Dave Gahan,
Arthur Verocai,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Standells,
Al Stewart,
Interpol,
The Fall,
Dawn Penn,
The Pop Group,
Derrick Morgan,
Little Man,
This Heat,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Chris & Cosey,
Massinfluence,
Black Bananas,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Eden Ahbez,
Brass Construction,
Skaos,
The Gap Band,
Metal Thangz,
Sound Behaviour,
Ossler,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Fortunes,
Lalann,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Henry Cow,
Funky Four + One,
Delon & Dalcan,
Skarface,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Bluetip,
Gil Scott Heron,
Nik Kershaw,
Joe Smooth,
Roxy Music,
Agitation Free,
Public Image Ltd.,
Rufus Thomas,
Sixth Finger,
The Divine Comedy,
Scan 7,
Swell Maps,
Warren Ellis,
The Knickerbockers,
Khruangbin,
Peter and Kerry, Peter and Kerry, Peter and Kerry, Peter and Kerry.
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.