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 Bulgaria and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1965 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the linndrum 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 The Dead C to the rock 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 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band. All the underground hits.
All Vaughan Mason & Crew tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Royal Trux record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 a sitar and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Country Joe & The Fish record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Mighty Diamonds,
Scion,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Detroit Cobras,
Country Teasers,
The Sonics,
Hasil Adkins,
Nils Olav,
Prince Buster,
Kerri Chandler,
Idris Muhammad,
Bill Near,
Michelle Simonal,
Black Flag,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Mars,
The Victims,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Joey Negro,
Scott Walker,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Suburban Knight,
Pierre Henry,
Marvin Gaye,
Soul II Soul,
The Evens,
Lou Reed,
Technova,
Bobby Byrd,
David Axelrod,
Skriet,
Gang Gang Dance,
Oneida,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Youth Brigade,
Junior Murvin,
The Dead C,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Terry Callier,
Harmonia,
Rotary Connection,
Barry Ungar,
Negative Approach,
10cc,
Quadrant,
Pussy Galore,
Simply Red,
DJ Sneak,
Delon & Dalcan,
Amon Düül II,
Joyce Sims,
The Misunderstood,
Silicon Teens,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Nas,
Dawn Penn,
Drive Like Jehu,
Matthew Halsall,
Josef K,
Amazonics,
Rapeman,
The Real Kids, The Real Kids, The Real Kids, The Real Kids.
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.