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 Cuba and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1963 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the clarinet 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 New Age Steppers to the dance 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 Panda Bear. All the underground hits.
All Toni Rubio tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Dead C record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dennis Brown record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Barrington Levy,
Jacob Miller,
Minor Threat,
Pulsallama,
Soul II Soul,
Fatback Band,
John Lydon,
Maleditus Sound,
Quando Quango,
The Victims,
Sound Behaviour,
Sun Ra,
The Busters,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Blackbyrds,
Wally Richardson,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Quantec,
Alice Coltrane,
David Bowie,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
a-ha,
Lakeside,
The Dirtbombs,
Michelle Simonal,
John Holt,
Roger Hodgson,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
T. Rex,
Von Mondo,
Little Man,
Yaz,
Throbbing Gristle,
Banda Bassotti,
Tom Boy,
Desert Stars,
Average White Band,
Television,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Lungfish,
Skriet,
Pagans,
The Associates,
The Skatalites,
Loose Ends,
Visage,
Groovy Waters,
Icehouse,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Pantytec,
Au Pairs,
A Certain Ratio,
Jandek,
Pole,
Nas,
June Days,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Motions,
Dawn Penn,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Funkadelic,
Sixth Finger, Sixth Finger, Sixth Finger, Sixth Finger.
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.