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 Kiribati and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in 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 1966 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 Bootsy's Rubber Band to the rock 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 Ronan. All the underground hits.
All Jandek tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Country Joe & The Fish record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Trumans Water record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Mandrill,
Alton Ellis,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Rhythm & Sound,
Yusef Lateef,
The Human League,
The Real Kids,
cv313,
Guru Guru,
Basic Channel,
Dorothy Ashby,
Sonny Sharrock,
Lebanon Hanover,
Lightning Bolt,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Index,
Harry Pussy,
The Misunderstood,
MC5,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
The Tremeloes,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Quadrant,
Visage,
Archie Shepp,
Soul Sonic Force,
Grauzone,
The United States of America,
Average White Band,
Tears for Fears,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Golliwogs,
Joe Smooth,
Whodini,
Bush Tetras,
Masters at Work,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Negative Approach,
This Heat,
Jerry's Kids,
Chris & Cosey,
Rakim,
Joyce Sims,
Grandmaster Flash,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Panda Bear,
Wolf Eyes,
the Swans,
Subhumans,
Reuben Wilson,
The Flesh Eaters,
Mo-Dettes,
Lower 48,
Glambeats Corp.,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Neon Judgement,
The Remains,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Parry Music,
Electric Prunes, Electric Prunes, Electric Prunes, Electric Prunes.
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.