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 Austria and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the snare 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 Sonny Sharrock to the dance 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 Marine Girls. All the underground hits.
All Gary Puckett & The Union Gap tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Hashim record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 chamberlin and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a La Düsseldorf record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
JFA,
Lou Reed,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Barrington Levy,
Desert Stars,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Lalann,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Johnny Osbourne,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Charles Mingus,
Reuben Wilson,
Morten Harket,
Iggy Pop,
Moby Grape,
The United States of America,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
The Dave Clark Five,
Camberwell Now,
Glambeats Corp.,
Quantec,
Half Japanese,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
The Real Kids,
Brick,
Soul Sonic Force,
Bang On A Can,
Amon Düül II,
Scratch Acid,
Motorama,
Mo-Dettes,
Ohio Players,
Ponytail,
Pharoah Sanders,
Guru Guru,
The American Breed,
John Coltrane,
Ultimate Spinach,
Unwound,
Can,
The J.B.'s,
Zero Boys,
The Divine Comedy,
Rhythm & Sound,
Pylon,
Ossler,
Mark Hollis,
Suicide,
Hardrive,
Crime,
Donald Byrd,
Sällskapet,
Lyres,
Absolute Body Control,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Letta Mbulu,
Soft Machine,
Minor Threat,
Whodini,
Maurizio,
Connie Case,
Shoche, Shoche, Shoche, Shoche.
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.