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 Belgium and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1963 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Fluxion to the electroclash 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 Interpol. All the underground hits.
All David Axelrod tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Roy Ayers Ubiquity 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
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 It's A Beautiful Day record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Duran Duran,
Black Flag,
Banda Bassotti,
U.S. Maple,
Quantec,
Shoche,
Sun Ra,
Jeff Lynne,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Suburban Knight,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Joensuu 1685,
Altered Images,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Ultra Naté,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Scientists,
Gabor Szabo,
Tears for Fears,
The Electric Prunes,
Mission of Burma,
Whodini,
Isaac Hayes,
Gang of Four,
Rufus Thomas,
The Fall,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Star Department,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Hasil Adkins,
Alice Coltrane,
Tom Boy,
Massinfluence,
Fad Gadget,
Stetsasonic,
The Birthday Party,
Bluetip,
Fugazi,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Motions,
The Count Five,
The Tremeloes,
Royal Trux,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Siglo XX,
Derrick May,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Public Image Ltd.,
Eddi Front,
The Moleskins,
Cal Tjader,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Procol Harum,
E-Dancer,
Blake Baxter,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Marcia Griffiths,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Surgeon,
Eric Dolphy,
Robert Hood,
Black Moon,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.