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 Cape Verde and from Halifax.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1969 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 clarinet 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 Bobbi Humphrey to the techno kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Manfred Mann's Earth Band. All the underground hits.
All Roger Hodgson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every John Lydon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Stetsasonic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
This Heat,
Godley & Creme,
Skarface,
Rhythm & Sound,
Stereo Dub,
Chris & Cosey,
Freddie Wadling,
Girls At Our Best!,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Kinks,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Stetsasonic,
Con Funk Shun,
Grey Daturas,
Soul Sonic Force,
Newcleus,
The Neon Judgement,
Metal Thangz,
Barclay James Harvest,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Hardrive,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Busters,
cv313,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Boredoms,
ABBA,
Maurizio,
Cheater Slicks,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Sonny Sharrock,
Joe Finger,
Robert Hood,
Au Pairs,
Thee Headcoats,
Spandau Ballet,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Harmonia,
the Association,
The Flesh Eaters,
Tres Demented,
The Count Five,
the Swans,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Throbbing Gristle,
Minny Pops,
The Gap Band,
Barry Ungar,
FM Einheit,
Oblivians,
One Last Wish,
T.S.O.L.,
The Electric Prunes,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Marine Girls,
Pierre Henry,
Kerri Chandler, Kerri Chandler, Kerri Chandler, Kerri Chandler.
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.