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 Lesotho and from Manchester.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band to the punk 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 Tears for Fears. All the underground hits.
All Thompson Twins tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Half Japanese record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a DeepChord presents Echospace record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
These Immortal Souls,
The Trojans,
Schoolly D,
The Misunderstood,
The Smiths,
Josef K,
John Cale,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Juan Atkins,
Half Japanese,
Jacob Miller,
Drexciya,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Black Moon,
Minny Pops,
AZ,
Rakim,
The Music Machine,
ABC,
Lucky Dragons,
Alton Ellis,
The Birthday Party,
Metal Thangz,
Brand Nubian,
The J.B.'s,
The Fortunes,
The Angels of Light,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
The Cure,
OOIOO,
Letta Mbulu,
Royal Trux,
Negative Approach,
Fat Boys,
Cymande,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Curtis Mayfield,
Sparks,
Girls At Our Best!,
Hardrive,
Sixth Finger,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Average White Band,
Bobby Womack,
The Toasters,
Colin Newman,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Seeds,
DJ Sneak,
Motorama,
Depeche Mode,
Davy DMX,
Erykah Badu,
Robert Hood,
Eric Dolphy,
Warren Ellis,
Ultimate Spinach,
Scratch Acid,
T.S.O.L.,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Throbbing Gristle,
Jesper Dahlbäck, Jesper Dahlbäck, Jesper Dahlbäck, Jesper Dahlbäck.
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.