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 Bangladesh and from Beijing.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 1965 at the first Beefheart practice in a loft in Lancaster.
I was working on the theremin 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 Sister Nancy to the disco 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 Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic. All the underground hits.
All The Mojo Men tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Offenders record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 sitar and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a OOIOO record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Frankie Knuckles,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Bluetip,
Barrington Levy,
Faust,
Sarah Menescal,
The Saints,
John Lydon,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Boogie Down Productions,
Hashim,
Joe Finger,
Mantronix,
Chris Corsano,
Josef K,
Ultravox,
Camouflage,
ABBA,
Skarface,
E-Dancer,
One Last Wish,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Sixth Finger,
The Real Kids,
Rod Modell,
Adolescents,
Mission of Burma,
Wally Richardson,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Masters at Work,
Peter & Gordon,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Ponytail,
New Age Steppers,
Scott Walker,
Leonard Cohen,
Massinfluence,
Model 500,
The Vogues,
Q and Not U,
The Shadows of Knight,
Bill Near,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
John Holt,
T. Rex,
Michelle Simonal,
Country Teasers,
Silicon Teens,
Darondo,
Man Parrish,
June Days,
Deakin,
The Standells,
Visage,
Rites of Spring,
the Slits,
Little Man,
Agent Orange,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
The Pop Group, The Pop Group, The Pop Group, The Pop Group.
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.