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 Kyrgyzstan and from Milan.
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 1964 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Rotary Connection to the grunge kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Section 25. All the underground hits.
All Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a One Last Wish record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Wolf Eyes,
Amon Düül,
Gabor Szabo,
Kurtis Blow,
Circle Jerks,
Soul II Soul,
The Music Machine,
Ohio Players,
Althea and Donna,
The Stooges,
Donald Byrd,
Public Enemy,
Drive Like Jehu,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
The Misunderstood,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Mark Hollis,
Sonny Sharrock,
Aswad,
Joey Negro,
Gichy Dan,
Morten Harket,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Pagans,
Ralphi Rosario,
Eurythmics,
Anakelly,
Moss Icon,
Rotary Connection,
Das Ding,
Niagra,
Steve Hackett,
Symarip,
Cybotron,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Ronan,
Lungfish,
Boz Scaggs,
Television Personalities,
Country Teasers,
Sam Rivers,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Motorama,
The Zeros,
The Litter,
The Human League,
Blake Baxter,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Black Dice,
Tubeway Army,
Funkadelic,
Youth Brigade,
Gil Scott Heron,
Swell Maps,
Andrew Hill,
Fat Boys,
Model 500,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Curtis Mayfield,
Derrick May,
The Fall,
Qualms, Qualms, Qualms, Qualms.
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.