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 Estonia and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1961 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1965 at the first Beefheart practice in a loft in Lancaster.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Half Japanese to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Moebius. All the underground hits.
All Joy Division tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sun Ra Arkestra 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Metal Thangz record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Gun Club,
Eurythmics,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Sound Behaviour,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Faust,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Scan 7,
The Neon Judgement,
June of 44,
The Motions,
Alison Limerick,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Fela Kuti,
Morten Harket,
Kas Product,
David Bowie,
Y Pants,
Thompson Twins,
Siglo XX,
Ohio Players,
New York Dolls,
Rhythm & Sound,
Glenn Branca,
The Moleskins,
the Fania All-Stars,
Bluetip,
Suicide,
These Immortal Souls,
The Sound,
Camberwell Now,
Little Man,
Darondo,
Piero Umiliani,
Roxy Music,
Index,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Associates,
Youth Brigade,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Clear Light,
The Count Five,
Altered Images,
Kenny Larkin,
Judy Mowatt,
Drexciya,
F. McDonald,
Mantronix,
Negative Approach,
Isaac Hayes,
Harry Pussy,
Brothers Johnson,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Buckinghams,
Traffic Nightmare,
Black Bananas, Black Bananas, Black Bananas, Black Bananas.
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.