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 Jamaica and from Portland.
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 1969 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the theremin 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 Eden Ahbez to the punk 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 Oblivians. All the underground hits.
All Crispian St. Peters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Prince Buster record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Anakelly,
Scion,
Electric Light Orchestra,
B.T. Express,
Ash Ra Tempel,
the Germs,
Letta Mbulu,
Spandau Ballet,
The Mojo Men,
The Dave Clark Five,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Prince Buster,
Lou Christie,
The Gun Club,
Sam Rivers,
Jesper Dahlback,
Bush Tetras,
Johnny Clarke,
Kevin Saunderson,
Pole,
Piero Umiliani,
The Busters,
The Doors,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Lungfish,
Guru Guru,
Boredoms,
The Walker Brothers,
Masters at Work,
Tears for Fears,
Sixth Finger,
Magma,
Shuggie Otis,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Symarip,
Soulsonic Force,
Sandy B,
Gabor Szabo,
Cheater Slicks,
Parry Music,
Soul II Soul,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
The Standells,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Human League,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Nils Olav,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ralphi Rosario,
Joy Division,
Charles Mingus,
Blake Baxter,
Spoonie Gee,
Delon & Dalcan,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Easy Going,
Grauzone,
The Black Dice,
Stiv Bators,
Bootsy Collins, Bootsy Collins, Bootsy Collins, Bootsy Collins.
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.