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 Mauritius and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1962 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 The Residents to the jazz 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 U.S. Maple. All the underground hits.
All DeepChord presents Echospace tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Deepchord 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Davy DMX record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Deadbeat,
Kerri Chandler,
The Zeros,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Television Personalities,
Freddie Wadling,
Roxy Music,
Alice Coltrane,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Flipper,
Young Marble Giants,
T.S.O.L.,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Kevin Saunderson,
Jeru the Damaja,
Sonic Youth,
Sun Ra,
Crispy Ambulance,
Drive Like Jehu,
JFA,
Roxette,
Ronan,
The Angels of Light,
the Swans,
Ten City,
Supertramp,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Second Layer,
Eurythmics,
DJ Sneak,
Warren Ellis,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Tommy Roe,
Avey Tare,
Fela Kuti,
Gastr Del Sol,
Thompson Twins,
F. McDonald,
Pantytec,
Cal Tjader,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Crooked Eye,
The Young Rascals,
Alison Limerick,
DNA,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Harpers Bizarre,
The Monochrome Set,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Man Eating Sloth,
The Knickerbockers,
Aloha Tigers,
Motorama,
Half Japanese,
The Monks,
Joyce Sims,
Marmalade,
Japan,
Skaos,
Guru Guru,
Nas,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.