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 Namibia and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1962 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 rhodes 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 Rod Modell to the funk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Junior Murvin. All the underground hits.
All Niagra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every AZ record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 mellotron and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Happenings record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Fad Gadget,
Boredoms,
The Real Kids,
Joyce Sims,
Roy Ayers,
the Sonics,
Maurizio,
Lalann,
Brand Nubian,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Robert Hood,
Joe Finger,
Ronan,
The Monks,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Khruangbin,
Black Moon,
Fluxion,
Drexciya,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Cabaret Voltaire,
David McCallum,
Kayak,
Tommy Roe,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Moleskins,
The Zeros,
The Selecter,
Stiv Bators,
Robert Görl,
Rhythm & Sound,
Infiniti,
Dennis Brown,
The Misunderstood,
Frankie Knuckles,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Kas Product,
Gerry Rafferty,
Monolake,
Gastr Del Sol,
The American Breed,
The Count Five,
Essential Logic,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Hasil Adkins,
Tears for Fears,
The Cowsills,
Quadrant,
The Remains,
Mo-Dettes,
The Residents,
Lower 48,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Fugs,
Lindisfarne,
Easy Going,
The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor.
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.