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 Pakistan and from Hong Kong.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog to the disco 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 Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft. All the underground hits.
All Kerrie Biddell tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every World's Most 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Tim Buckley 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 Saints,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Bill Wells,
The Remains,
The Birthday Party,
Howard Jones,
U.S. Maple,
Barclay James Harvest,
Marmalade,
Brass Construction,
The Associates,
Amon Düül,
Audionom,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Johnny Osbourne,
Kevin Saunderson,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Rufus Thomas,
Oneida,
Barrington Levy,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
AZ,
Letta Mbulu,
Freddie Wadling,
Metal Thangz,
Boredoms,
PIL,
The Golliwogs,
Moss Icon,
The Buckinghams,
Ten City,
Donny Hathaway,
Lalann,
John Foxx,
The Barracudas,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Ash Ra Tempel,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Maurizio,
Heaven 17,
The Flesh Eaters,
Tom Boy,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Modern Lovers,
Angry Samoans,
Lungfish,
Oblivians,
The Happenings,
The Blackbyrds,
Flash Fearless,
The Black Dice,
The Slackers,
The Cramps,
Stereo Dub,
X-102,
Arab on Radar,
Delta 5,
The Red Krayola,
Blancmange,
FM Einheit,
Danielle Patucci,
Louis and Bebe Barron, Louis and Bebe Barron, Louis and Bebe Barron, Louis and Bebe Barron.
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.