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 Guatemala and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1967 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 linndrum 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 Roger Hodgson to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Zapp. All the underground hits.
All The Sonics tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pulsallama 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Fuzztones record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lakeside,
Aaron Thompson,
The Smiths,
Pagans,
Camberwell Now,
Roger Hodgson,
Hot Snakes,
R.M.O.,
Nirvana,
Lucky Dragons,
Soul II Soul,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ludus,
The Techniques,
Monks,
Minutemen,
Cymande,
Metal Thangz,
Tropical Tobacco,
Bobby Womack,
Gastr Del Sol,
Sun Ra,
Ken Boothe,
Skriet,
Pylon,
Second Layer,
Albert Ayler,
Zero Boys,
Buzzcocks,
New York Dolls,
The American Breed,
Lungfish,
Intrusion,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Monolake,
New Age Steppers,
Quadrant,
CMW,
Massinfluence,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
8 Eyed Spy,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Crooked Eye,
Nas,
Amon Düül II,
Theoretical Girls,
The Remains,
Urselle,
Scott Walker,
Donny Hathaway,
The Gun Club,
The Leaves,
China Crisis,
The Gories,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Flesh Eaters,
Kaleidoscope,
The Detroit Cobras,
Qualms,
The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy.
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.