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 Bahrain and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 snare 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 the Normal to the electroclash 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 Wally Richardson. All the underground hits.
All Howard Jones tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Siglo XX 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gastr Del Sol record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Hashim,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Fifty Foot Hose,
June of 44,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Massinfluence,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Danielle Patucci,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Man Parrish,
Angry Samoans,
The Gories,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Minny Pops,
Bobby Womack,
Lebanon Hanover,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Dead C,
John Holt,
Masters at Work,
Public Enemy,
Roxette,
Smog,
Joyce Sims,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
The Electric Prunes,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Magma,
Eric B and Rakim,
Bobby Sherman,
Fad Gadget,
Thee Headcoats,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Grauzone,
Q and Not U,
The Real Kids,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Moleskins,
Shuggie Otis,
Goldenarms,
UT,
Aural Exciters,
Slick Rick,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Barclay James Harvest,
Albert Ayler,
Sparks,
One Last Wish,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
F. McDonald,
Harmonia,
Lindisfarne,
Fat Boys,
EPMD,
Pylon,
Monolake,
Negative Approach,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Gang of Four, Gang of Four, Gang of Four, Gang of Four.
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.