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 Tunisia and from Delhi.
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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Manila.
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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the organ 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 T.S.O.L. to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 JFA. All the underground hits.
All The Wake tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Royal Family And The Poor record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a the Sonics record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
AZ,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Judy Mowatt,
Skarface,
Terrestrial Tones,
The Fortunes,
In Retrospect,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Yaz,
Eric Copeland,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Saints,
Thee Headcoats,
Robert Hood,
The Fall,
Angry Samoans,
Tim Buckley,
The Dave Clark Five,
Mantronix,
Aural Exciters,
Boredoms,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
DJ Style,
Lalo Schifrin,
Silicon Teens,
Sandy B,
Von Mondo,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Gregory Isaacs,
Avey Tare,
Buzzcocks,
Niagra,
June of 44,
Lalann,
Godley & Creme,
Anakelly,
The Young Rascals,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
The Moody Blues,
The Golliwogs,
Alice Coltrane,
Darondo,
Monks,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Scrapy,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Shadows of Knight,
Saccharine Trust,
Isaac Hayes,
Quantec,
Skriet,
June Days,
The Music Machine,
Davy DMX,
Barclay James Harvest,
Ronnie Foster,
Ralphi Rosario,
Big Daddy Kane, Big Daddy Kane, Big Daddy Kane, Big Daddy Kane.
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.