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 Djibouti and from Lagos.
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 1962 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Rufus Thomas to the jazz 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience. All the underground hits.
All Bush Tetras tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Technova 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a kango's stein massive record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soulsonic Force,
Thompson Twins,
Jerry's Kids,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Pantaleimon,
48th St. Collective,
Joe Finger,
Alphaville,
Country Teasers,
Reuben Wilson,
MDC,
Janne Schatter,
The Move,
Khruangbin,
David Axelrod,
Warsaw,
OOIOO,
Swell Maps,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Wire,
Laurel Aitken,
Metal Thangz,
Robert Hood,
Brick,
Harmonia,
The American Breed,
The Black Dice,
Vainqueur,
The Neon Judgement,
Ohio Players,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Ultimate Spinach,
Grauzone,
Jeru the Damaja,
T.S.O.L.,
kango's stein massive,
Kerrie Biddell,
Bob Dylan,
Kayak,
Public Image Ltd.,
Aswad,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Mr. Review,
A Certain Ratio,
Ornette Coleman,
Fat Boys,
Eric Copeland,
Throbbing Gristle,
Joey Negro,
Blancmange,
Chris Corsano,
Minny Pops,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Ludus,
Sly & The Family Stone,
A Flock of Seagulls,
The Busters,
Donald Byrd,
The Last Poets,
Maleditus Sound,
Monolake,
June Days, June Days, June Days, June Days.
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.