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 Laos and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1963 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the clarinet 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 David Axelrod to the jazz 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 Hardrive. All the underground hits.
All Goldenarms tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Todd Rundgren 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a MC5 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Max Romeo,
Rod Modell,
The Busters,
Cymande,
Godley & Creme,
Pagans,
The Litter,
Supertramp,
The Gun Club,
The Trojans,
Roy Ayers,
Carl Craig,
Symarip,
Michelle Simonal,
Patti Smith,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Spandau Ballet,
Barry Ungar,
AZ,
Animal Collective,
Althea and Donna,
Gregory Isaacs,
Joey Negro,
Swans,
Glambeats Corp.,
Radio Birdman,
UT,
Ituana,
Accadde A,
Unrelated Segments,
Inner City,
Anakelly,
Faust,
The Evens,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sister Nancy,
The United States of America,
The Skatalites,
Letta Mbulu,
Quando Quango,
Skarface,
Wire,
Goldenarms,
FM Einheit,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Lou Christie,
Cameo,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Tres Demented,
Alice Coltrane,
James White and The Blacks,
Q65,
Das Ding,
Ronnie Foster,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Black Pus,
Index,
Pere Ubu,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Delon & Dalcan,
Wolf Eyes,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Negative Approach,
Mary Jane Girls, Mary Jane Girls, Mary Jane Girls, Mary Jane Girls.
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.