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 Spain and from Philadelphia.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 rhodes 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 Grandmaster Flash to the funk 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 John Lydon. All the underground hits.
All The Slits tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pantaleimon 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a AZ record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Zeros,
Donny Hathaway,
Duran Duran,
Goldenarms,
Peter & Gordon,
Deadbeat,
Aloha Tigers,
Accadde A,
Agitation Free,
John Lydon,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Selecter,
Max Romeo,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Skatalites,
Pulsallama,
Thee Headcoats,
Dennis Brown,
The Modern Lovers,
Drive Like Jehu,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Cheater Slicks,
Scott Walker,
Graham Central Station,
Charles Mingus,
Eli Mardock,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Newcleus,
Lungfish,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Nas,
DJ Style,
Cybotron,
Al Stewart,
Dawn Penn,
Average White Band,
Aural Exciters,
The Angels of Light,
Drexciya,
The Fuzztones,
Don Cherry,
DJ Sneak,
Eddi Front,
Nico,
The Electric Prunes,
Clear Light,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Scan 7,
Young Marble Giants,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Metal Thangz,
Godley & Creme,
Shuggie Otis,
The Fire Engines,
Japan,
Funky Four + One,
Technova,
The Invisible,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Steve Hackett,
Eric Copeland,
Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra.
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.