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 South Sudan and from Stockholm.
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 1965 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Loose Ends to the grime kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Davy DMX. All the underground hits.
All Amazonics tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mandrill record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dual Sessions record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Isaac Hayes,
Sällskapet,
Cameo,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Eurythmics,
Jerry's Kids,
DJ Sneak,
Rhythm & Sound,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Joensuu 1685,
Accadde A,
Bill Near,
Marvin Gaye,
Funkadelic,
Scion,
John Holt,
The Modern Lovers,
Au Pairs,
The Gun Club,
Eve St. Jones,
Kayak,
The Birthday Party,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Human League,
D'Angelo,
Kas Product,
Blake Baxter,
Fear,
New Age Steppers,
Slick Rick,
The Golliwogs,
The Slits,
Siglo XX,
Amon Düül II,
Suicide,
Soul Sonic Force,
Sexual Harrassment,
Monolake,
The Martian,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Soft Cell,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Girls At Our Best!,
Chris & Cosey,
Hoover,
The Residents,
Quadrant,
Lee Hazlewood,
The Standells,
Mo-Dettes,
Khruangbin,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Saints,
Moby Grape,
The Misunderstood,
Deadbeat,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Peter & Gordon, Peter & Gordon, Peter & Gordon, Peter & Gordon.
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.