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 Libya and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1965 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the rhodes 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 Bluetip to the rock 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 Second Layer. All the underground hits.
All Warren Ellis tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every John Holt record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Marvin Gaye record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pierre Henry,
Henry Cow,
Jeff Mills,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Anakelly,
Erykah Badu,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Accadde A,
Eve St. Jones,
Peter & Gordon,
Mad Mike,
Magma,
Rakim,
the Fania All-Stars,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
The Durutti Column,
Organ,
Pagans,
The Slackers,
Thee Headcoats,
One Last Wish,
Prince Buster,
Animal Collective,
The Angels of Light,
Soul II Soul,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Isaac Hayes,
Monks,
The Star Department,
The Moody Blues,
Black Pus,
Joe Finger,
Frankie Knuckles,
Altered Images,
Cymande,
Aloha Tigers,
The Moleskins,
H. Thieme,
Quando Quango,
Don Cherry,
Nik Kershaw,
JFA,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Minny Pops,
Glambeats Corp.,
Agent Orange,
FM Einheit,
Aswad,
B.T. Express,
Gastr Del Sol,
Davy DMX,
10cc,
Fela Kuti,
Jerry's Kids,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Kevin Saunderson,
Johnny Clarke,
Popol Vuh,
Pulsallama,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.