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 Vanuatu and from London.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Yusef Lateef to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Scion. All the underground hits.
All June Days tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Negative Approach record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 theremin and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gerry Rafferty record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
FM Einheit,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Raincoats,
Scientists,
Oneida,
The Pretty Things,
Ultra Naté,
OOIOO,
Eden Ahbez,
Dave Gahan,
the Sonics,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Joy Division,
Connie Case,
Hashim,
T.S.O.L.,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
The Monochrome Set,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Mad Mike,
Tears for Fears,
Fad Gadget,
Rites of Spring,
Peter & Gordon,
Scion,
Qualms,
Jeff Lynne,
Marvin Gaye,
The Techniques,
Radiopuhelimet,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Dead Boys,
Joensuu 1685,
Pharoah Sanders,
Throbbing Gristle,
Iggy Pop,
Alison Limerick,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Cymande,
Youth Brigade,
Schoolly D,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Misunderstood,
The Cowsills,
Matthew Halsall,
Surgeon,
Stereo Dub,
Bluetip,
Jerry's Kids,
The Dirtbombs,
The United States of America,
Rod Modell,
Lucky Dragons,
Judy Mowatt,
Jeru the Damaja,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Piero Umiliani,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog.
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.