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 Jamaica and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 mellotron 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 U.S. Maple to the dance kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. All the underground hits.
All Brass Construction tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter and Kerry record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Grauzone,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Curtis Mayfield,
Donald Byrd,
The Music Machine,
Aswad,
R.M.O.,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Rufus Thomas,
Monolake,
U.S. Maple,
Amazonics,
Aaron Thompson,
Make Up,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Five Americans,
This Heat,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Ludus,
Fatback Band,
The Dave Clark Five,
Dave Gahan,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Skriet,
Faraquet,
The United States of America,
Gichy Dan,
The Real Kids,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Alice Coltrane,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Tremeloes,
Motorama,
Yusef Lateef,
Robert Wyatt,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Techniques,
Archie Shepp,
Minny Pops,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Yaz,
B.T. Express,
Minutemen,
Qualms,
Swell Maps,
Peter and Kerry,
Derrick May,
Unrelated Segments,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Sam Rivers,
Warren Ellis,
Soulsonic Force,
Lou Reed,
The Names,
David Bowie,
The Slackers,
ABC,
Deadbeat,
Prince Buster,
Marvin Gaye,
Gil Scott Heron,
Wasted Youth,
Derrick Morgan, Derrick Morgan, Derrick Morgan, Derrick Morgan.
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.