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 Sierra Leone and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1963 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Dual Sessions to the crunk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Ludus. All the underground hits.
All AZ tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Chris & Cosey record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Doors record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Amon Düül,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Brass Construction,
CMW,
Blancmange,
Amazonics,
Average White Band,
PIL,
Crime,
Kevin Saunderson,
Jerry's Kids,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Au Pairs,
Juan Atkins,
LL Cool J,
Deepchord,
David Bowie,
The Mummies,
Lower 48,
Lou Christie,
Steve Hackett,
Bang On A Can,
Barbara Tucker,
Pantytec,
Lebanon Hanover,
Von Mondo,
The Standells,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Tears for Fears,
X-101,
Bush Tetras,
Siglo XX,
La Düsseldorf,
Joy Division,
Con Funk Shun,
Niagra,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Rufus Thomas,
Yusef Lateef,
Supertramp,
World's Most,
Stereo Dub,
Bluetip,
Dennis Brown,
The Walker Brothers,
Chris & Cosey,
Bauhaus,
Anthony Braxton,
Brick,
Youth Brigade,
The Gladiators,
Section 25,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Gong,
Television,
B.T. Express,
Flash Fearless,
Isaac Hayes,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Gang Starr,
Shuggie Otis,
Reagan Youth,
The Divine Comedy,
Moebius, Moebius, Moebius, Moebius.
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.