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 Rwanda and from Accra.
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 1961 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Halifax 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 chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Marshall Jefferson to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell. All the underground hits.
All Scott Walker + Sunn O))) tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz 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 an arpeggiator and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a LL Cool J record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Avey Tare,
Pantytec,
Simply Red,
Pulsallama,
Masters at Work,
Tom Boy,
Swell Maps,
Gang of Four,
Animal Collective,
Arab on Radar,
Urselle,
Connie Case,
Eden Ahbez,
Crispy Ambulance,
Juan Atkins,
The Techniques,
Moby Grape,
Hasil Adkins,
U.S. Maple,
Ornette Coleman,
Rekid,
The Offenders,
Cecil Taylor,
John Coltrane,
The Dave Clark Five,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Gang Starr,
The Litter,
Groovy Waters,
The Beau Brummels,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Star Department,
Gastr Del Sol,
Rotary Connection,
Nirvana,
OOIOO,
10cc,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
E-Dancer,
The Searchers,
Dorothy Ashby,
Joensuu 1685,
Throbbing Gristle,
D'Angelo,
Carl Craig,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Bush Tetras,
Roxy Music,
The Stooges,
Crash Course in Science,
Harry Pussy,
Mission of Burma,
Sonic Youth,
Soft Machine,
Ralphi Rosario,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Audionom,
Q and Not U,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Jesper Dahlback,
Hashim, Hashim, Hashim, Hashim.
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.