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 Ivory Coast and from Lille.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Don Cherry to the rock kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Boz Scaggs. All the underground hits.
All Ituana tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Matthew Halsall record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 mellotron and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Larry & the Blue Notes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jerry's Kids,
The Doors,
The Barracudas,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Eric Copeland,
Sister Nancy,
Andrew Hill,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ponytail,
Desert Stars,
The Index,
Niagra,
John Coltrane,
Hardrive,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Bobby Womack,
Neil Young,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Smoke,
The Monks,
Lakeside,
Warren Ellis,
T. Rex,
MC5,
The Raincoats,
Second Layer,
The Black Dice,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Public Enemy,
Main Source,
the Sonics,
Duran Duran,
Josef K,
Altered Images,
Robert Görl,
Chris Corsano,
The Fortunes,
Jesper Dahlback,
Derrick Morgan,
Sarah Menescal,
Marine Girls,
Brothers Johnson,
The Golliwogs,
Average White Band,
The Star Department,
Bizarre Inc.,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Ornette Coleman,
China Crisis,
Whodini,
Todd Terry,
The Gories,
Blossom Toes,
Kayak,
The Move,
The Standells,
Bad Manners,
Sparks,
Talk Talk,
Gastr Del Sol,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu.
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