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 Argentina and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
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 Pagans to the rock kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 DJ Sneak. All the underground hits.
All Rahsaan Roland Kirk tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Section 25 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a La Düsseldorf record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Toasters,
Scrapy,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Sarah Menescal,
Man Parrish,
Franke,
Agent Orange,
The Black Dice,
Fad Gadget,
Bush Tetras,
Scratch Acid,
Von Mondo,
Sun Ra,
Minnie Riperton,
Al Stewart,
Robert Wyatt,
Brand Nubian,
Joensuu 1685,
One Last Wish,
Negative Approach,
Audionom,
Jacob Miller,
Cluster,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Gastr Del Sol,
Barrington Levy,
the Slits,
Sandy B,
Eden Ahbez,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Average White Band,
LL Cool J,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Animal Collective,
Hardrive,
Zapp,
Gabor Szabo,
This Heat,
Fatback Band,
Tres Demented,
The Zeros,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Beau Brummels,
Main Source,
Ohio Players,
Graham Central Station,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Ultravox,
Lalann,
Neil Young,
Panda Bear,
Johnny Osbourne,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Fuzztones,
Piero Umiliani,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Ronan,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Yusef Lateef,
Warsaw,
Mark Hollis,
Wolf Eyes,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Cowsills, The Cowsills, The Cowsills, The Cowsills.
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.