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 Armenia and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1966 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1965 at the first Beefheart practice in a loft in Lancaster.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Louis and Bebe Barron 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 Bobbi Humphrey. All the underground hits.
All Harmonia tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every K-Klass record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cybotron record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Aswad,
June of 44,
Erykah Badu,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Amon Düül II,
The Smiths,
Peter & Gordon,
Prince Buster,
Hasil Adkins,
Little Man,
Nils Olav,
Alton Ellis,
Al Stewart,
Funkadelic,
Sonic Youth,
Eric Copeland,
Fela Kuti,
The Mojo Men,
The Wake,
Intrusion,
The Litter,
Juan Atkins,
Jimmy McGriff,
Surgeon,
Spoonie Gee,
Steve Hackett,
Josef K,
Monks,
Soft Machine,
The United States of America,
Mark Hollis,
T. Rex,
Bizarre Inc.,
Roger Hodgson,
Sonny Sharrock,
Echospace,
David Axelrod,
Todd Rundgren,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Mo-Dettes,
L. Decosne,
Traffic Nightmare,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Real Kids,
Pagans,
DJ Sneak,
Joey Negro,
The Last Poets,
Boz Scaggs,
The Music Machine,
Kas Product,
Glambeats Corp.,
Wally Richardson,
Oneida,
Eric Dolphy,
Davy DMX,
MC5,
Scott Walker, Scott Walker, Scott Walker, Scott Walker.
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.