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 Honduras and from Winnipeg.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the marimba 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 Aswad to the funk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 DNA. All the underground hits.
All Pagans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Urselle record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 marimba and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Barry Ungar record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Fad Gadget,
The Moody Blues,
Joe Smooth,
Hashim,
Scrapy,
The Trojans,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Shoche,
Tres Demented,
Inner City,
Main Source,
FM Einheit,
D'Angelo,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Urselle,
Faust,
Pylon,
Carl Craig,
Junior Murvin,
Ituana,
Parry Music,
The Fall,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Sandy B,
Amon Düül,
the Association,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Camouflage,
Marmalade,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Spoonie Gee,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Gories,
Avey Tare,
the Fania All-Stars,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Moby Grape,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Newcleus,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Patti Smith,
Organ,
John Coltrane,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
The Durutti Column,
Lightning Bolt,
Delon & Dalcan,
Terry Callier,
Sun Ra,
Porter Ricks,
June Days,
Sun City Girls,
Crash Course in Science,
Swell Maps,
Ludus,
Fugazi,
Arab on Radar,
Bootsy Collins,
Audionom,
Flamin' Groovies, Flamin' Groovies, Flamin' Groovies, Flamin' Groovies.
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.