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 Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1967 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Rosa Yemen to the disco kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Crispy Ambulance. All the underground hits.
All Kas Product tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sparks 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Hoover record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Divine Comedy,
L. Decosne,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Oblivians,
The Wake,
Talk Talk,
The J.B.'s,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Boredoms,
Shuggie Otis,
Royal Trux,
Arab on Radar,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Mighty Diamonds,
X-101,
Eve St. Jones,
The Misunderstood,
The Evens,
Freddie Wadling,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The Litter,
The Martian,
Susan Cadogan,
Carl Craig,
Fatback Band,
The Birthday Party,
Lalann,
Sparks,
Eddi Front,
Minutemen,
DJ Style,
the Human League,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
DJ Sneak,
Mo-Dettes,
Crooked Eye,
Tommy Roe,
The Index,
Ronan,
The Modern Lovers,
Alison Limerick,
Jeff Lynne,
Johnny Osbourne,
Boogie Down Productions,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
David Bowie,
Procol Harum,
Mark Hollis,
Surgeon,
the Swans,
Ultimate Spinach,
Faust,
Livin' Joy,
Sugar Minott,
FM Einheit,
Quadrant,
Heaven 17,
Black Moon,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Arcadia, Arcadia, Arcadia, Arcadia.
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.