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 Cameroon and from Lyon.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 The Monochrome Set to the crunk 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 Jeff Mills. All the underground hits.
All Rapeman tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pantaleimon 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 clarinet and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a CMW record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Neil Young,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Khruangbin,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
JFA,
Symarip,
Reuben Wilson,
Sun Ra,
The Modern Lovers,
Tommy Roe,
Robert Wyatt,
Prince Buster,
Kurtis Blow,
Gastr Del Sol,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Bronski Beat,
F. McDonald,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Monolake,
Dead Boys,
Fad Gadget,
Bush Tetras,
Organ,
Ossler,
Lucky Dragons,
Accadde A,
Connie Case,
Deakin,
Camberwell Now,
Spandau Ballet,
MC5,
John Holt,
Albert Ayler,
The Searchers,
Black Sheep,
The Offenders,
The Monks,
Dawn Penn,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Babytalk,
Derrick May,
Livin' Joy,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Country Teasers,
Urselle,
Gregory Isaacs,
Sandy B,
Crash Course in Science,
PIL,
Amon Düül,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Barry Ungar,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Lindisfarne,
Man Eating Sloth,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
La Düsseldorf,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Mad Mike,
Gichy Dan,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu.
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.