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 Vietnam and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the oboe 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 ABBA to the disco 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 Barry Ungar. All the underground hits.
All The Music Machine tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Silicon Teens record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 sitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Radio Birdman record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Public Enemy,
Skarface,
Avey Tare,
Drive Like Jehu,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Whodini,
kango's stein massive,
Sällskapet,
The Young Rascals,
The Mojo Men,
June Days,
Delta 5,
Gang Gang Dance,
New Order,
OOIOO,
Steve Hackett,
Funky Four + One,
Scientists,
Schoolly D,
Audionom,
Model 500,
Camberwell Now,
Ten City,
The Angels of Light,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Boogie Down Productions,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Motions,
FM Einheit,
The Doors,
Crooked Eye,
Stockholm Monsters,
The Tremeloes,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Sixth Finger,
Kaleidoscope,
Dave Gahan,
Symarip,
Sonic Youth,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Television Personalities,
The Selecter,
Glenn Branca,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Theoretical Girls,
Bob Dylan,
Brand Nubian,
Pussy Galore,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Sight & Sound,
Tommy Roe,
The Happenings,
The Invisible,
Joyce Sims,
The Neon Judgement,
Sugar Minott,
Groovy Waters,
Jeru the Damaja,
Sun Ra,
Pharoah Sanders,
Wolf Eyes,
The Knickerbockers,
Young Marble Giants, Young Marble Giants, Young Marble Giants, Young Marble Giants.
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.