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 Swaziland and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1966 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Public Image Ltd. to the jazz kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Mandrill. All the underground hits.
All Smog tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Groovy Waters record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 guitar and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Fatback Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
kango's stein massive,
Quadrant,
Faraquet,
Zapp,
Fear,
The Grass Roots,
Johnny Osbourne,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Joe Smooth,
Oneida,
Chris & Cosey,
Juan Atkins,
Lucky Dragons,
Eden Ahbez,
Sun City Girls,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
DJ Sneak,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Absolute Body Control,
Neu!,
The Martian,
Boogie Down Productions,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
The Wake,
Talk Talk,
Royal Trux,
Idris Muhammad,
Grey Daturas,
Tom Boy,
Kevin Saunderson,
Dave Gahan,
The Five Americans,
Youth Brigade,
Nas,
Cymande,
Joensuu 1685,
The Raincoats,
Terry Callier,
Rotary Connection,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Tubeway Army,
The Fuzztones,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Colin Newman,
Curtis Mayfield,
David Axelrod,
Fela Kuti,
Siglo XX,
Al Stewart,
Cheater Slicks,
DJ Style,
Popol Vuh,
Von Mondo,
The Smiths,
MDC,
Intrusion,
Aloha Tigers,
Parry Music,
Prince Buster,
Mandrill,
Brand Nubian, Brand Nubian, Brand Nubian, Brand Nubian.
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.