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 Ecuador and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1965.
I was there at the first Beefheart show in Lancaster.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the guitar 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 The Motions to the jazz kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Todd Terry. All the underground hits.
All Outsiders tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Divine Comedy 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a PIL record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
LL Cool J,
L. Decosne,
Joe Smooth,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The Velvet Underground,
Hoover,
Derrick May,
Bluetip,
The Raincoats,
Brothers Johnson,
Delta 5,
Groovy Waters,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Pagans,
Freddie Wadling,
Kerri Chandler,
Depeche Mode,
Lou Christie,
the Fania All-Stars,
The Skatalites,
Kaleidoscope,
Masters at Work,
Maleditus Sound,
Swans,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Marine Girls,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Juan Atkins,
The Smiths,
The Five Americans,
Crispian St. Peters,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
The Doors,
Wings,
Sällskapet,
Moss Icon,
The Walker Brothers,
The Techniques,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Jeff Lynne,
Buzzcocks,
The Remains,
Isaac Hayes,
Susan Cadogan,
Lalann,
Archie Shepp,
Lou Reed,
Neil Young,
Carl Craig,
Jawbox,
Max Romeo,
Accadde A,
Stockholm Monsters,
Rekid,
Nick Fraelich,
Lungfish,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Soulsonic Force,
The Golliwogs, The Golliwogs, The Golliwogs, The Golliwogs.
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.