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 Yemen and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide show in New York.
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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 rhodes sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Motions to the techno 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 Ralphi Rosario. All the underground hits.
All Young Marble Giants tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Echospace 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 guitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Louis and Bebe Barron record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Association,
Popol Vuh,
the Bar-Kays,
Newcleus,
Wings,
The Barracudas,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Fear,
Thee Headcoats,
Sonny Sharrock,
Eyeless In Gaza,
R.M.O.,
The Beau Brummels,
Agitation Free,
The Wake,
Pussy Galore,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
The Remains,
Cal Tjader,
Cecil Taylor,
Eli Mardock,
Roger Hodgson,
Albert Ayler,
Silicon Teens,
Gerry Rafferty,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Searchers,
Pantaleimon,
the Human League,
Anakelly,
Mark Hollis,
Guru Guru,
Lakeside,
The Zeros,
Kurtis Blow,
Stereo Dub,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Misunderstood,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Cure,
Flipper,
Masters at Work,
Rosa Yemen,
Neil Young,
The Moody Blues,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Subhumans,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Glenn Branca,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Aloha Tigers,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Animal Collective,
Freddie Wadling,
The Cramps,
The Saints,
Trumans Water,
Cluster,
Von Mondo,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Don Cherry, Don Cherry, Don Cherry, Don Cherry.
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.