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 Andorra and from Spokane.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the güiro 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 Scott Walker to the electroclash 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience. All the underground hits.
All Ituana tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Aloha Tigers 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Panda Bear record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Second Layer,
The Index,
Jesper Dahlback,
Visage,
Barclay James Harvest,
Nas,
Gil Scott Heron,
Sam Rivers,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Royal Trux,
Hardrive,
Connie Case,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Cramps,
The Beau Brummels,
Country Teasers,
Ultimate Spinach,
Animal Collective,
Gregory Isaacs,
Aural Exciters,
Colin Newman,
The Trojans,
Marvin Gaye,
Faust,
Big Daddy Kane,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Mad Mike,
Can,
James White and The Blacks,
The Move,
Stereo Dub,
Darondo,
Quantec,
Bob Dylan,
Technova,
Trumans Water,
Inner City,
Crispy Ambulance,
Dark Day,
The Buckinghams,
Mars,
Terrestrial Tones,
Flipper,
Q and Not U,
Cameo,
Black Sheep,
Buzzcocks,
Piero Umiliani,
Matthew Halsall,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Q65,
Slick Rick,
Wasted Youth,
Skaos,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Qualms,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Joensuu 1685,
Crime,
Scrapy,
The Motions,
Pharoah Sanders,
Bluetip,
Sonic Youth,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.