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 Niger and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1965.
I was there at the first Beefheart show in Lancaster.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
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 Hasil Adkins to the punk 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 Aswad. All the underground hits.
All The Dave Clark Five tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Marc Almond 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 '80s.
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 Country Teasers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sarah Menescal,
Gastr Del Sol,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Sonic Youth,
Aswad,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Motions,
Marvin Gaye,
Symarip,
Shuggie Otis,
Roxette,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Pulsallama,
Roxy Music,
Joe Smooth,
Connie Case,
Kenny Larkin,
CMW,
Gabor Szabo,
Howard Jones,
Joy Division,
Fad Gadget,
The Stooges,
Pantaleimon,
Jeru the Damaja,
Aaron Thompson,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Das Ding,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Mad Mike,
Johnny Osbourne,
Scrapy,
Traffic Nightmare,
Marshall Jefferson,
Crash Course in Science,
Glenn Branca,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Slick Rick,
The Count Five,
Dual Sessions,
Stockholm Monsters,
Brass Construction,
The Moody Blues,
Neil Young,
Supertramp,
Rufus Thomas,
Echospace,
Organ,
Eric Copeland,
Throbbing Gristle,
Hardrive,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Thompson Twins,
Deepchord,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
John Lydon,
Robert Wyatt,
Ossler,
The Modern Lovers,
Qualms,
Moby Grape, Moby Grape, Moby Grape, Moby Grape.
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.