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 Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the theremin 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 Delta 5 to the punk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Lucky Dragons. All the underground hits.
All John Holt tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Deakin 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Louis and Bebe Barron record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Dave Clark Five,
Janne Schatter,
Accadde A,
Lou Christie,
Byron Stingily,
Television Personalities,
OOIOO,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Tomorrow,
Newcleus,
Yazoo,
Sonic Youth,
Andrew Hill,
Graham Central Station,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Nils Olav,
Technova,
Mo-Dettes,
The Saints,
Black Moon,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Public Enemy,
The Fugs,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The Five Americans,
Sugar Minott,
Interpol,
Boz Scaggs,
Soul Sonic Force,
Kool Moe Dee,
Brass Construction,
Scan 7,
Isaac Hayes,
Q65,
Skarface,
Ohio Players,
Peter and Kerry,
Soul II Soul,
The Buckinghams,
The Vogues,
Second Layer,
Wally Richardson,
Lebanon Hanover,
Dark Day,
Gil Scott Heron,
Schoolly D,
The Count Five,
Danielle Patucci,
The Pop Group,
Roxette,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Arcadia,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Invisible,
Skriet,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Panda Bear,
Todd Terry,
Traffic Nightmare,
Reuben Wilson,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo.
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.