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 Monaco and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise show in London.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo to the grime 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 Prince Buster. All the underground hits.
All Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every David McCallum record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 808 and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Robert Hood record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Neon Judgement,
Negative Approach,
Soul Sonic Force,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
JFA,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Minnie Riperton,
New Age Steppers,
Flamin' Groovies,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Smiths,
The Last Poets,
Jeff Mills,
Thompson Twins,
Jacques Brel,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Popol Vuh,
The New Christs,
Bobby Byrd,
Ossler,
June Days,
Hot Snakes,
Erykah Badu,
The Beau Brummels,
Jandek,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Ornette Coleman,
Rhythm & Sound,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Fire Engines,
Crash Course in Science,
Ituana,
The Fugs,
Swans,
Echospace,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Alarm Clocks,
Metal Thangz,
Alton Ellis,
Flipper,
Newcleus,
Nirvana,
Black Pus,
The Trojans,
Procol Harum,
FM Einheit,
Rapeman,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Chris & Cosey,
Jawbox,
Stereo Dub,
Albert Ayler,
The Doors,
Skaos,
The United States of America,
New York Dolls,
Sparks,
Ultra Naté,
Ronnie Foster,
The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party.
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.