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 Grenada and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
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 Bush Tetras to the crunk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Boogie Down Productions. All the underground hits.
All FM Einheit tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Supertramp record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Roy Ayers Ubiquity record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ronan,
Johnny Osbourne,
Wire,
Kool Moe Dee,
the Association,
Howard Jones,
Ken Boothe,
David McCallum,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Slits,
Big Daddy Kane,
Robert Wyatt,
Davy DMX,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Skatalites,
Bill Near,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Tubeway Army,
Q and Not U,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Aloha Tigers,
Roy Ayers,
Zapp,
Chris & Cosey,
Pet Shop Boys,
Lou Christie,
Aaron Thompson,
Morten Harket,
Sun Ra,
Section 25,
X-Ray Spex,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
the Swans,
Isaac Hayes,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Agitation Free,
Jimmy McGriff,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Doors,
Buzzcocks,
The Invisible,
10cc,
New Age Steppers,
Fad Gadget,
The Trojans,
Das Ding,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Angry Samoans,
Matthew Bourne,
Television Personalities,
Ossler,
Wolf Eyes,
The Searchers,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
John Coltrane,
Ohio Players,
Oneida,
Pantaleimon,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs, Notorious Big And Bone Thugs, Notorious Big And Bone Thugs, Notorious Big And Bone Thugs.
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.