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 Guinea and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1965.
I was there at the first Beefheart show in Lancaster.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Marshall Jefferson to the funk kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Lalann. All the underground hits.
All Ten City tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pantaleimon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
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 Lalo Schifrin record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Christie,
The Young Rascals,
Bang On A Can,
Kenny Larkin,
The Neon Judgement,
Angry Samoans,
Dual Sessions,
Girls At Our Best!,
Camberwell Now,
Gregory Isaacs,
Flash Fearless,
Swell Maps,
Marcia Griffiths,
Ten City,
The Real Kids,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Angels of Light,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Martian,
Pierre Henry,
Aural Exciters,
Talk Talk,
Josef K,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
The Sonics,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Tommy Roe,
One Last Wish,
Stetsasonic,
Sun City Girls,
Tim Buckley,
Arab on Radar,
The Black Dice,
Outsiders,
Ornette Coleman,
X-101,
Camouflage,
Make Up,
The Motions,
The Gun Club,
Lightning Bolt,
Audionom,
Prince Buster,
Roxy Music,
Soul II Soul,
Michelle Simonal,
John Lydon,
Echospace,
Dead Boys,
Mr. Review,
the Swans,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Count Five,
Neil Young,
Minutemen,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Archie Shepp,
The American Breed,
Sex Pistols, Sex Pistols, Sex Pistols, Sex Pistols.
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.