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 Afghanistan and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1962 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 clarinet 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 Judy Mowatt 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 Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish. All the underground hits.
All Roxy Music tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Godley & Creme record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Idris Muhammad record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Subhumans,
cv313,
Roxette,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Joensuu 1685,
Public Image Ltd.,
Freddie Wadling,
Grauzone,
Quando Quango,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Mark Hollis,
Theoretical Girls,
T.S.O.L.,
Junior Murvin,
Rotary Connection,
Patti Smith,
Boz Scaggs,
Aaron Thompson,
Warren Ellis,
June of 44,
Cluster,
Groovy Waters,
The Gap Band,
Sparks,
Quadrant,
Isaac Hayes,
Unwound,
Mars,
Steve Hackett,
Swell Maps,
Pantytec,
Shoche,
Au Pairs,
The Cure,
Sandy B,
Lower 48,
The Pop Group,
Roxy Music,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Leaves,
Pantaleimon,
Flipper,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Television Personalities,
Yusef Lateef,
Juan Atkins,
Trumans Water,
The Black Dice,
Negative Approach,
Maleditus Sound,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
EPMD,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Johnny Osbourne, Johnny Osbourne, Johnny Osbourne, Johnny Osbourne.
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.