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 Oman and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1969 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 spring reverb 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 E-Dancer to the rap kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan. All the underground hits.
All The Motions tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 rhodes and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Circle Jerks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roger Hodgson,
The Monochrome Set,
Moebius,
Absolute Body Control,
Metal Thangz,
Main Source,
John Lydon,
Groovy Waters,
10cc,
Pere Ubu,
Talk Talk,
The Cramps,
Alton Ellis,
Moss Icon,
Ponytail,
David Bowie,
Howard Jones,
Pagans,
The Gap Band,
Kaleidoscope,
Liliput,
Negative Approach,
PIL,
Roxy Music,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Godley & Creme,
DNA,
Icehouse,
Kerrie Biddell,
The Motions,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Con Funk Shun,
Alison Limerick,
Glenn Branca,
Agitation Free,
Crispy Ambulance,
Patti Smith,
Girls At Our Best!,
The Durutti Column,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Crooked Eye,
Mantronix,
Johnny Clarke,
48th St. Collective,
T.S.O.L.,
Nico,
Rhythm & Sound,
Scion,
Thee Headcoats,
Livin' Joy,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Offenders,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Country Teasers,
The Cosmic Jokers,
X-101,
Soft Cell,
DJ Sneak,
Cybotron,
The Standells,
Suburban Knight,
Lower 48,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog.
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.