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 Madagascar and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the 808 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 Zapp 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 Don Cherry. All the underground hits.
All Sällskapet tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Crime record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 güiro and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dead Boys record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Delta 5,
Au Pairs,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Bizarre Inc.,
Marshall Jefferson,
Scan 7,
Chris Corsano,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Faust,
Flipper,
FM Einheit,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Joe Finger,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Suburban Knight,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Joyce Sims,
Davy DMX,
Chris & Cosey,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Nico,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Freddie Wadling,
Alison Limerick,
Kool Moe Dee,
Quantec,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Flamin' Groovies,
Young Marble Giants,
Model 500,
The Barracudas,
The Tremeloes,
The J.B.'s,
The Shadows of Knight,
Donny Hathaway,
Skaos,
Shuggie Otis,
Adolescents,
Drive Like Jehu,
Tommy Roe,
Bad Manners,
These Immortal Souls,
Inner City,
Pussy Galore,
Black Pus,
Eurythmics,
Bob Dylan,
Rufus Thomas,
Liliput,
Scratch Acid,
Fugazi,
Groovy Waters,
Ponytail,
David Axelrod,
The Star Department,
Ohio Players,
The Gladiators,
Joey Negro,
Moebius,
Lebanon Hanover, Lebanon Hanover, Lebanon Hanover, Lebanon Hanover.
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.