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 Azerbaijan and from Seoul.
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 1960 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 snare 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 Jerry's Kids to the crunk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Bizarre Inc.. All the underground hits.
All Whodini tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Guru Guru 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ossler record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Archie Shepp,
Cameo,
Pierre Henry,
Bootsy Collins,
Pagans,
The Dave Clark Five,
Yazoo,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Jesper Dahlback,
Nirvana,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Fire Engines,
Godley & Creme,
Porter Ricks,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Hardrive,
In Retrospect,
Quando Quango,
Chris Corsano,
H. Thieme,
Blossom Toes,
Bill Near,
Neil Young,
Mad Mike,
A Certain Ratio,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Vogues,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Henry Cow,
John Holt,
Eric Copeland,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
World's Most,
T. Rex,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Japan,
Procol Harum,
The Sound,
The Five Americans,
The Sonics,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Dave Gahan,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
JFA,
Dennis Brown,
Soul II Soul,
Crispy Ambulance,
Babytalk,
Buzzcocks,
Monks,
The Martian,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Jawbox,
Au Pairs,
the Sonics,
Average White Band,
Patti Smith,
Tomorrow,
Josef K,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.