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 Trinidad & Tobago and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1967 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu 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 Theoretical Girls. All the underground hits.
All Art Ensemble Of Chicago tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every the Sonics 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Neil Young,
AZ,
Chris Corsano,
Maleditus Sound,
Popol Vuh,
Bobby Byrd,
Wasted Youth,
Gabor Szabo,
Bobby Womack,
Young Marble Giants,
Sister Nancy,
Jeff Mills,
Dennis Brown,
Inner City,
The Moleskins,
Thompson Twins,
Ponytail,
The J.B.'s,
Hot Snakes,
Sonic Youth,
Scion,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Spoonie Gee,
Make Up,
Sugar Minott,
The Mojo Men,
The Trojans,
Section 25,
8 Eyed Spy,
Smog,
The Blackbyrds,
MDC,
Symarip,
It's A Beautiful Day,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Wake,
Junior Murvin,
Stereo Dub,
Hardrive,
Bluetip,
Little Man,
The Flesh Eaters,
EPMD,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Moss Icon,
Surgeon,
Godley & Creme,
The Move,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Music Machine,
Black Sheep,
Sixth Finger,
Franke,
Circle Jerks,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Zapp,
Letta Mbulu,
Nik Kershaw,
Dual Sessions,
Mr. Review,
The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor.
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.