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 Swaziland and from Manchester.
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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 guitar 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 Mad Mike to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 The Happenings. All the underground hits.
All B.T. Express tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Vogues 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rotary Connection record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Isaac Hayes,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Happenings,
Gerry Rafferty,
OOIOO,
Glenn Branca,
Byron Stingily,
Fad Gadget,
Flipper,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Fugs,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Blossom Toes,
Brand Nubian,
The Slits,
Deakin,
Jerry's Kids,
Letta Mbulu,
Bronski Beat,
Radiopuhelimet,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Sugar Minott,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Count Five,
Dead Boys,
Camberwell Now,
Underground Resistance,
Gichy Dan,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Index,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Yusef Lateef,
Soul II Soul,
Maurizio,
Oneida,
Minor Threat,
Judy Mowatt,
Colin Newman,
Donald Byrd,
Nas,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Intrusion,
Gong,
the Fania All-Stars,
Heaven 17,
Dawn Penn,
The Detroit Cobras,
Lyres,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Five Americans,
Soul Sonic Force,
Eric B and Rakim,
Sällskapet,
Cameo,
Kevin Saunderson,
Erasure,
Motorama,
Pierre Henry,
Juan Atkins,
Terry Callier,
Country Teasers, Country Teasers, Country Teasers, Country Teasers.
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.