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 Montenegro and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1963 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Halifax 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 spring reverb 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 June of 44 to the disco 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 Brothers Johnson. All the underground hits.
All Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Robert Hood record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bobby Hutcherson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Roy Ayers,
The Five Americans,
Chris & Cosey,
Guru Guru,
Au Pairs,
KRS-One,
The Flesh Eaters,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Ultravox,
Underground Resistance,
Tomorrow,
The Invisible,
Barrington Levy,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Amon Düül II,
Susan Cadogan,
Dead Boys,
The J.B.'s,
Bobby Byrd,
Lower 48,
Grauzone,
Cheater Slicks,
Absolute Body Control,
Skaos,
Theoretical Girls,
Rekid,
The Zeros,
The Seeds,
The Remains,
Man Eating Sloth,
Isaac Hayes,
Joensuu 1685,
Negative Approach,
the Slits,
Bill Wells,
Chris Corsano,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
8 Eyed Spy,
Ronan,
The Litter,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Lightning Bolt,
Unwound,
The Golliwogs,
Kerri Chandler,
Boredoms,
These Immortal Souls,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
The Residents,
Crispian St. Peters,
FM Einheit,
Godley & Creme,
Sonic Youth,
Pussy Galore,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Gang Green,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
David Bowie,
Infiniti,
Brothers Johnson,
The United States of America,
48th St. Collective, 48th St. Collective, 48th St. Collective, 48th St. Collective.
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.