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 Guinea and from Manchester.
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 1966 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the organ 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 Bluetip to the crunk 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 The Pop Group. All the underground hits.
All a-ha tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Teenage Jesus and the Jerks record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gerry Rafferty record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Crooked Eye,
Barclay James Harvest,
Tears for Fears,
Isaac Hayes,
Y Pants,
Marvin Gaye,
Robert Görl,
The Last Poets,
The Five Americans,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Sonic Youth,
DNA,
Supertramp,
The Sound,
Niagra,
Joe Smooth,
The Invisible,
Quadrant,
Tubeway Army,
Half Japanese,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Girls At Our Best!,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Selecter,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Saints,
Sarah Menescal,
Mo-Dettes,
Eddi Front,
Althea and Donna,
Thompson Twins,
The Electric Prunes,
Bush Tetras,
Procol Harum,
In Retrospect,
D'Angelo,
Pulsallama,
The Gladiators,
Q and Not U,
The Searchers,
Aaron Thompson,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Spoonie Gee,
Lower 48,
The Gap Band,
Scrapy,
Ohio Players,
June of 44,
Flash Fearless,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Connie Case,
Moss Icon,
Deepchord,
One Last Wish,
Negative Approach,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Sugar Minott,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
R.M.O.,
The Black Dice, The Black Dice, The Black Dice, The Black Dice.
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.