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 China and from Johannesburg.
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 1969 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1965 at the first Beefheart practice in a loft in Lancaster.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Freddie Wadling to the dance kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Harmonia. All the underground hits.
All Aaron Thompson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gastr Del Sol 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ten City record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Warsaw,
The Monochrome Set,
Kas Product,
Intrusion,
Rod Modell,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Eden Ahbez,
Symarip,
It's A Beautiful Day,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Todd Rundgren,
Young Marble Giants,
Scion,
X-101,
Qualms,
Kaleidoscope,
Magma,
Negative Approach,
New Age Steppers,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Bluetip,
Reuben Wilson,
Josef K,
Max Romeo,
The Real Kids,
Barrington Levy,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
John Cale,
Avey Tare,
The Fuzztones,
Outsiders,
Infiniti,
Saccharine Trust,
Aural Exciters,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Howard Jones,
Oneida,
The Busters,
Urselle,
Popol Vuh,
B.T. Express,
Lungfish,
Roxette,
Bauhaus,
Kerri Chandler,
The Vogues,
The Gap Band,
The Litter,
Adolescents,
Harry Pussy,
Eric B and Rakim,
the Human League,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
John Lydon,
In Retrospect, In Retrospect, In Retrospect, In Retrospect.
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.