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 Gambia and from Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1960 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 mellotron 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 Intrusion to the disco 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 Danielle Patucci. All the underground hits.
All Reuben Wilson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Guru Guru 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a JFA record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Danielle Patucci,
Neu!,
Todd Terry,
Drexciya,
The Happenings,
Sex Pistols,
Derrick Morgan,
Stockholm Monsters,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
The Martian,
Japan,
Peter & Gordon,
Pussy Galore,
Monks,
Prince Buster,
The Real Kids,
Lou Reed,
Nico,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Depeche Mode,
Grauzone,
The Dave Clark Five,
Gabor Szabo,
Eurythmics,
Procol Harum,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Patti Smith,
The Names,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Pantytec,
Scan 7,
Judy Mowatt,
Anakelly,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Misunderstood,
Minutemen,
Moss Icon,
Archie Shepp,
Ponytail,
Throbbing Gristle,
Ronan,
Soft Machine,
Gil Scott Heron,
Jeru the Damaja,
Kas Product,
Arcadia,
Wolf Eyes,
Popol Vuh,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Erasure,
Panda Bear,
Rosa Yemen,
Chris Corsano,
MC5,
Quantec,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Aaron Thompson,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes.
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.