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 Philippines and from Tehran.
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 1964 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and London.
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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the guitar 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 Rekid to the jazz 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 Scion. All the underground hits.
All Sun Ra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Moleskins record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 snare and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dorothy Ashby record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Ponytail,
Stiv Bators,
The Kinks,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Pretty Things,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Jeff Lynne,
Scratch Acid,
Rosa Yemen,
Stereo Dub,
Amon Düül II,
Anakelly,
The Martian,
Arcadia,
Surgeon,
the Germs,
Stetsasonic,
Youth Brigade,
Yellowson,
Ohio Players,
World's Most,
The Techniques,
Moebius,
Porter Ricks,
Curtis Mayfield,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Fad Gadget,
The Vogues,
Deepchord,
Alphaville,
Donny Hathaway,
Aswad,
JFA,
Cymande,
Wasted Youth,
the Slits,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Newcleus,
Pierre Henry,
Parry Music,
Magma,
Moss Icon,
The Slackers,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Lower 48,
Au Pairs,
The Golliwogs,
Colin Newman,
Sixth Finger,
Marvin Gaye,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Smiths,
The Gories,
Gil Scott Heron,
Black Sheep,
Man Parrish,
Hardrive,
Niagra,
Barbara Tucker,
X-101,
Cybotron,
Bang On A Can, Bang On A Can, Bang On A Can, Bang On A Can.
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.