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 New Zealand and from Bologna.
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 1961 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 chamberlin 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 Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel to the rock kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Jerry's Kids. All the underground hits.
All Alison Limerick tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camberwell Now record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a the Soft Cell record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
James Chance & The Contortions,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Alice Coltrane,
Make Up,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Los Fastidios,
Soul II Soul,
Infiniti,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Skriet,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Guru Guru,
Monolake,
Mr. Review,
A Certain Ratio,
Subhumans,
Avey Tare,
Amon Düül,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Qualms,
Royal Trux,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Busters,
Goldenarms,
Loose Ends,
The Gories,
New Age Steppers,
Soul Sonic Force,
Dawn Penn,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Gang Starr,
KRS-One,
Chris & Cosey,
Rakim,
Jeff Mills,
Al Stewart,
Popol Vuh,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Lalo Schifrin,
Slick Rick,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Smog,
Wire,
The Seeds,
Visage,
The Names,
the Slits,
The United States of America,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Grandmaster Flash,
Accadde A,
The Residents,
Tubeway Army,
The Barracudas,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Trumans Water,
The Monks,
Quando Quango, Quando Quango, Quando Quango, Quando Quango.
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.