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 Sierra Leone and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1968 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 808 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 Organ 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 Zapp. All the underground hits.
All Reuben Wilson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Goldenarms record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Vainqueur record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Glambeats Corp.,
Flipper,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Red Krayola,
Gang of Four,
Mantronix,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Black Sheep,
The Sonics,
Thee Headcoats,
Michelle Simonal,
Roxette,
John Holt,
Magazine,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Silicon Teens,
Deadbeat,
Livin' Joy,
The Barracudas,
Theoretical Girls,
The Gun Club,
These Immortal Souls,
Aaron Thompson,
Guru Guru,
Banda Bassotti,
The Pop Group,
New Order,
Oneida,
Archie Shepp,
The Real Kids,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Minor Threat,
Unwound,
Cymande,
Crash Course in Science,
Mission of Burma,
Amazonics,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Gerry Rafferty,
Anakelly,
Spandau Ballet,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Delta 5,
Soul Sonic Force,
X-Ray Spex,
Neu!,
Sound Behaviour,
The Beau Brummels,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Sun Ra,
The Evens,
Minnie Riperton,
Sällskapet,
Rufus Thomas,
Black Moon,
Radiohead,
Lalo Schifrin,
Parry Music,
Dual Sessions,
Connie Case, Connie Case, Connie Case, Connie Case.
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.