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 Taiwan and from Sao Paulo.
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 1968 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Lille.
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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Anakelly to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Tomorrow. All the underground hits.
All The Moleskins tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Massinfluence record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Harpers Bizarre record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Y Pants,
Black Sheep,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Gang of Four,
Pantaleimon,
The Walker Brothers,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Sight & Sound,
the Germs,
The Offenders,
Shuggie Otis,
The Real Kids,
One Last Wish,
Liliput,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Cybotron,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Matthew Halsall,
The Dave Clark Five,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Rotary Connection,
Nik Kershaw,
Pierre Henry,
Sonny Sharrock,
Yazoo,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Blackbyrds,
Accadde A,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Unwound,
David McCallum,
The Divine Comedy,
Flamin' Groovies,
Alphaville,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Magma,
Joensuu 1685,
Rekid,
Panda Bear,
Agitation Free,
Deepchord,
Suicide,
Alison Limerick,
the Sonics,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Isaac Hayes,
The Sound,
The Monochrome Set,
Terry Callier,
Erykah Badu,
Soulsonic Force,
The Happenings,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
L. Decosne,
Eve St. Jones,
Junior Murvin,
D'Angelo,
AZ,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Sugar Minott,
Todd Terry,
Patti Smith, Patti Smith, Patti Smith, Patti Smith.
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.