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 Liechtenstein and from Johannesburg.
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 1962 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the mellotron 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 X-102 to the crunk 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 Kool G Rap & DJ Polo. All the underground hits.
All The Jesus and Mary Chain tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lalann record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Vogues record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nick Fraelich,
Maleditus Sound,
Essential Logic,
Alton Ellis,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Lee Hazlewood,
Wally Richardson,
Sound Behaviour,
The Misunderstood,
Pulsallama,
The Doobie Brothers,
Eden Ahbez,
The Names,
Stereo Dub,
Wings,
Quantec,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Monochrome Set,
Gong,
Banda Bassotti,
Jerry's Kids,
Soulsonic Force,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Swell Maps,
Jacob Miller,
Eric Dolphy,
The Doors,
The Associates,
Faraquet,
New Order,
Michelle Simonal,
the Sonics,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Move,
Procol Harum,
Bill Near,
Sparks,
Lou Christie,
Chris Corsano,
Lakeside,
Wasted Youth,
Sex Pistols,
Faust,
Television,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Aswad,
Lower 48,
Thompson Twins,
Lalann,
Make Up,
The Moody Blues,
Grandmaster Flash,
Cymande,
The Cramps,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Thee Headcoats,
DJ Sneak,
Popol Vuh,
Little Man,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers, De La Soul & Jungle Brothers, De La Soul & Jungle Brothers, De La Soul & Jungle Brothers.
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.