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 Taiwan and from Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Bronski Beat show in Brixton.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 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 Byron Stingily to the disco kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 The Mighty Diamonds. All the underground hits.
All Angry Samoans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Davy DMX 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pussy Galore record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eric B and Rakim,
Japan,
Urselle,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
ABBA,
World's Most,
Nick Fraelich,
Sandy B,
The Sonics,
U.S. Maple,
Scan 7,
Lebanon Hanover,
Man Parrish,
Deepchord,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Idris Muhammad,
Ultra Naté,
Donny Hathaway,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Slave,
Rod Modell,
Whodini,
Public Enemy,
Dual Sessions,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Brass Construction,
Accadde A,
Robert Hood,
The Invisible,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Mo-Dettes,
Chrome,
Second Layer,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Gories,
Althea and Donna,
Procol Harum,
Sonic Youth,
Spandau Ballet,
The Fuzztones,
New Order,
The Pretty Things,
Throbbing Gristle,
Gang Starr,
Q65,
Tommy Roe,
Skaos,
Dawn Penn,
The Mojo Men,
Harry Pussy,
Bobby Byrd,
Easy Going,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
the Normal,
The Music Machine,
Eli Mardock,
Sly & The Family Stone,
John Coltrane,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel.
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.