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 Lebanon and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Bronski Beat show in Brixton.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 synthesizer 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 R.M.O. to the grime kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Terrestrial Tones. All the underground hits.
All Gichy Dan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every a-ha record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Derrick May record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Circle Jerks,
Lalo Schifrin,
Accadde A,
Ronnie Foster,
Slick Rick,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Basic Channel,
Gang Gang Dance,
Aaron Thompson,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Wolf Eyes,
Aloha Tigers,
Pussy Galore,
Donald Byrd,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Tommy Roe,
Underground Resistance,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Saints,
Section 25,
Roxette,
Minny Pops,
H. Thieme,
The J.B.'s,
Q and Not U,
Little Man,
The Leaves,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Nirvana,
Lebanon Hanover,
Marmalade,
Saccharine Trust,
The Gap Band,
T. Rex,
the Bar-Kays,
Eric Copeland,
Peter and Kerry,
Curtis Mayfield,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
The Velvet Underground,
Robert Wyatt,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Eddi Front,
The Sound,
David McCallum,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Magazine,
The Flesh Eaters,
Electric Light Orchestra,
E-Dancer,
Interpol,
Byron Stingily,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The New Christs,
The Grass Roots,
Lightning Bolt,
Black Bananas,
Sun City Girls,
Ken Boothe,
Ralphi Rosario,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.