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 Finland and from Edmonton.
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 Cairo and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Dark Day to the rock 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 Henry Cow. All the underground hits.
All Grandmaster Flash tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Wire record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mo-Dettes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Swans,
The Pretty Things,
Glambeats Corp.,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Althea and Donna,
DJ Sneak,
Bobby Sherman,
Neil Young,
Mantronix,
Von Mondo,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Isaac Hayes,
Eric B and Rakim,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
MDC,
Outsiders,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Gong,
Wire,
Black Pus,
kango's stein massive,
Second Layer,
The Angels of Light,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
the Association,
The Dave Clark Five,
Lakeside,
Kaleidoscope,
Zero Boys,
Sight & Sound,
The Fall,
OOIOO,
Nik Kershaw,
L. Decosne,
The Residents,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Rufus Thomas,
10cc,
The Smiths,
Dennis Brown,
Laurel Aitken,
The Red Krayola,
The Sound,
D'Angelo,
Rakim,
Erasure,
Groovy Waters,
Basic Channel,
Cybotron,
Funky Four + One,
Slick Rick,
Fear,
Bobby Byrd,
KRS-One,
Electric Prunes,
Suburban Knight,
Magazine,
Cal Tjader,
Kerri Chandler,
Reuben Wilson, Reuben Wilson, Reuben Wilson, Reuben Wilson.
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.