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 Senegal and from Taipei.
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 1961 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 John Coltrane to the grunge 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 John Lydon. All the underground hits.
All Chris & Cosey tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Soul Sonic Force 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Al Stewart record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Seeds,
Mars,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Rufus Thomas,
John Foxx,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Martian,
Popol Vuh,
Metal Thangz,
Nas,
Infiniti,
Eric Dolphy,
Q65,
Camberwell Now,
The Fire Engines,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Bill Near,
Neil Young,
The Human League,
Freddie Wadling,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Eric Copeland,
T. Rex,
Tim Buckley,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Unrelated Segments,
The Mummies,
Colin Newman,
Ice-T,
Grandmaster Flash,
Todd Terry,
Grauzone,
Maurizio,
Pylon,
Average White Band,
X-101,
Faust,
DJ Style,
Jeff Mills,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Sonic Youth,
Slick Rick,
Dawn Penn,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Organ,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Sonics,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Johnny Clarke,
Aswad,
Unwound,
The Real Kids,
Alison Limerick,
Radio Birdman,
Andrew Hill,
Jerry's Kids,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Danielle Patucci, Danielle Patucci, Danielle Patucci, Danielle Patucci.
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.