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 Japan and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1961 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 Kaleidoscope to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 The Sisters of Mercy. All the underground hits.
All Bill Near tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Selecter record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 arpeggiator and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lizzy Mercier Descloux record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Matthew Halsall,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Mantronix,
Hasil Adkins,
The Cowsills,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Freddie Wadling,
Niagra,
Nick Fraelich,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Little Man,
Schoolly D,
MC5,
Mission of Burma,
Fatback Band,
New York Dolls,
Banda Bassotti,
Pet Shop Boys,
Andrew Hill,
The Busters,
Saccharine Trust,
Gerry Rafferty,
Barclay James Harvest,
Television Personalities,
This Heat,
Technova,
New Age Steppers,
Severed Heads,
Todd Rundgren,
The Moleskins,
Gang Gang Dance,
Dave Gahan,
Jeff Lynne,
Peter & Gordon,
The Divine Comedy,
Kas Product,
Nation of Ulysses,
Eddi Front,
The Associates,
Neil Young,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Sound,
Tubeway Army,
Henry Cow,
Goldenarms,
The Mojo Men,
Sister Nancy,
Colin Newman,
Ludus,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Todd Terry,
Unwound,
Symarip,
Kenny Larkin,
Groovy Waters,
OOIOO,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Seeds,
The Slackers,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young & Crazy Horse.
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.