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 Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1962 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Michelle Simonal to the dance kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Simply Red. All the underground hits.
All Oneida tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Country Teasers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 theremin and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rotary Connection record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Talk Talk,
Brand Nubian,
kango's stein massive,
Q65,
Sarah Menescal,
Black Sheep,
The Mummies,
Fatback Band,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Robert Wyatt,
Whodini,
The Zeros,
Barrington Levy,
Hashim,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Gories,
La Düsseldorf,
Sight & Sound,
Bad Manners,
The Birthday Party,
The Leaves,
The Smiths,
The Fugs,
The Shadows of Knight,
Faust,
The Seeds,
Nico,
Scott Walker,
Ludus,
MDC,
Kerri Chandler,
Magma,
a-ha,
Peter & Gordon,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Television,
Kenny Larkin,
Tim Buckley,
Sonic Youth,
Dawn Penn,
Spoonie Gee,
The Slits,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Offenders,
David Bowie,
The Count Five,
MC5,
The Golliwogs,
the Germs,
Fifty Foot Hose,
June of 44,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Average White Band,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Colin Newman,
Terrestrial Tones,
Basic Channel,
The Gap Band,
Second Layer,
Amazonics,
Harry Pussy,
Lower 48,
Soulsonic Force, Soulsonic Force, Soulsonic Force, Soulsonic Force.
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.