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 Guyana and from Delhi.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1976 at the first Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the güiro 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 Gregory Isaacs 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 Jeru the Damaja. All the underground hits.
All The Last Poets tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Soul Sonic Force record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Residents record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
It's A Beautiful Day,
Con Funk Shun,
Von Mondo,
Mo-Dettes,
The Fortunes,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Angry Samoans,
Sällskapet,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Accadde A,
F. McDonald,
Chris & Cosey,
Zero Boys,
The Golliwogs,
Skaos,
Joey Negro,
Laurel Aitken,
Gang Starr,
Half Japanese,
Stetsasonic,
Brick,
Mary Jane Girls,
Jacques Brel,
Crooked Eye,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Dirtbombs,
Skarface,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jesper Dahlback,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Newcleus,
Michelle Simonal,
The Kinks,
The Buckinghams,
Blake Baxter,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ossler,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Dave Gahan,
Circle Jerks,
Absolute Body Control,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Arab on Radar,
The Skatalites,
Goldenarms,
Flipper,
Roxy Music,
Desert Stars,
Eurythmics,
Arthur Verocai,
Severed Heads,
Nico,
The Cowsills,
Crispy Ambulance,
Sound Behaviour,
Sight & Sound,
Connie Case,
Chris Corsano,
Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes.
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.