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 Bosnia Herzegovina and from Portland.
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 1962 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the theremin 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 kango's stein massive to the dance 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 Angels of Light & Akron/Family. All the underground hits.
All Max Romeo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Crispian St. Peters 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 marimba and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Boogie Down Productions record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
James Chance & The Contortions,
Connie Case,
Brass Construction,
Lyres,
Duran Duran,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
the Sonics,
Rod Modell,
The Litter,
Moss Icon,
Erykah Badu,
Lalann,
Youth Brigade,
Crime,
Das Ding,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Ronan,
Eli Mardock,
Brick,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Accadde A,
Shoche,
Pantaleimon,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Todd Rundgren,
Sonny Sharrock,
Black Sheep,
June of 44,
Roxette,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
The Monks,
Blancmange,
the Normal,
Swans,
The Beau Brummels,
The Offenders,
The Modern Lovers,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Thompson Twins,
Amon Düül,
Davy DMX,
Aural Exciters,
The Vogues,
MDC,
T.S.O.L.,
Delon & Dalcan,
Urselle,
The Index,
Tomorrow,
Sight & Sound,
Sun City Girls,
Electric Prunes,
PIL,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Echospace,
Radiopuhelimet,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Hashim,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Skarface,
Section 25,
Junior Murvin, Junior Murvin, Junior Murvin, Junior Murvin.
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.