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 Slovakia and from Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 It's A Beautiful Day to the funk 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 Public Image Ltd.. All the underground hits.
All Girls At Our Best! tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Funky Four + One 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pierre Henry record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Darondo,
Popol Vuh,
Depeche Mode,
Tim Buckley,
Ornette Coleman,
K-Klass,
Infiniti,
The Grass Roots,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Guru Guru,
The Invisible,
Ponytail,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Wally Richardson,
D'Angelo,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Franke,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Schoolly D,
the Sonics,
Make Up,
David Bowie,
Theoretical Girls,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Reagan Youth,
Yaz,
Soul Sonic Force,
Mission of Burma,
Joe Finger,
ABBA,
Rosa Yemen,
Moss Icon,
Juan Atkins,
Marc Almond,
Danielle Patucci,
One Last Wish,
Ronan,
Deakin,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Evens,
Rakim,
Metal Thangz,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Prince Buster,
Rod Modell,
Mary Jane Girls,
Maurizio,
Pagans,
Skaos,
Crispian St. Peters,
Lalo Schifrin,
Simply Red,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Wake,
Cybotron,
Eric Dolphy,
The Remains,
New Age Steppers,
Piero Umiliani,
Be Bop Deluxe, Be Bop Deluxe, Be Bop Deluxe, Be Bop Deluxe.
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.