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 Chile and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1967 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Gil Scott Heron to the grunge 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 Maurizio. All the underground hits.
All Mars tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Junior Murvin 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soul Sonic Force record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Television Personalities,
Glenn Branca,
Bobby Womack,
Fatback Band,
The Happenings,
Roger Hodgson,
Crash Course in Science,
Model 500,
ABBA,
Johnny Clarke,
The Gories,
Leonard Cohen,
Derrick May,
Animal Collective,
Roy Ayers,
The Tremeloes,
Erykah Badu,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Five Americans,
Deadbeat,
Ralphi Rosario,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Scion,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
kango's stein massive,
Wally Richardson,
The Red Krayola,
John Lydon,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Brothers Johnson,
Yazoo,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Harpers Bizarre,
Echospace,
B.T. Express,
Funky Four + One,
Dorothy Ashby,
Stereo Dub,
Outsiders,
The Monochrome Set,
Nils Olav,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Marvin Gaye,
Jacob Miller,
T.S.O.L.,
Procol Harum,
The Victims,
Rekid,
Qualms,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Altered Images,
Masters at Work,
Maleditus Sound,
Cybotron,
Whodini,
Stetsasonic,
Dual Sessions,
Archie Shepp,
L. Decosne,
Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest.
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.