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 Cairo.
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 1963 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the güiro 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 Kenny Larkin to the techno 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 Gastr Del Sol. All the underground hits.
All John Foxx tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Yellowson record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 808 and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pantaleimon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Reuben Wilson,
UT,
The Fire Engines,
Massinfluence,
The Red Krayola,
Harpers Bizarre,
Avey Tare,
Lebanon Hanover,
Girls At Our Best!,
The New Christs,
John Foxx,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Fad Gadget,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
the Bar-Kays,
Bluetip,
Inner City,
Moss Icon,
Mandrill,
Tears for Fears,
Popol Vuh,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Ultra Naté,
Ultravox,
Skarface,
Gerry Rafferty,
Public Enemy,
Black Pus,
Sonic Youth,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Quantec,
The Sound,
The Count Five,
Monolake,
Nation of Ulysses,
Jeff Lynne,
A Flock of Seagulls,
The Residents,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Wally Richardson,
One Last Wish,
David McCallum,
Mantronix,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Donny Hathaway,
The Motions,
Junior Murvin,
Zapp,
Fat Boys,
Andrew Hill,
Drive Like Jehu,
Average White Band,
JFA,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Anthony Braxton,
Bob Dylan,
Circle Jerks,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Dual Sessions,
Flipper,
Quando Quango, Quando Quango, Quando Quango, Quando Quango.
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.