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 Israel and from Salvador.
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 1969 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 rhodes 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 Evens to the punk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 The Angels of Light. All the underground hits.
All Rahsaan Roland Kirk tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Skaos record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Amon Düül record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Agent Orange,
Chris Corsano,
Y Pants,
New Order,
New York Dolls,
Big Daddy Kane,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Gun Club,
Ronan,
The Star Department,
Gabor Szabo,
Von Mondo,
The Fire Engines,
X-102,
The Move,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Tommy Roe,
Youth Brigade,
Ludus,
Lebanon Hanover,
Deakin,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Rufus Thomas,
The Gladiators,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Desert Stars,
The Flesh Eaters,
Marcia Griffiths,
The Slits,
The Litter,
Joensuu 1685,
Gregory Isaacs,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Barracudas,
Rakim,
Depeche Mode,
Mary Jane Girls,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Rites of Spring,
Throbbing Gristle,
Yaz,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Ituana,
Groovy Waters,
Q and Not U,
Adolescents,
The United States of America,
Cal Tjader,
Easy Going,
Slave,
New Age Steppers,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Soul II Soul,
The Modern Lovers,
Sight & Sound,
The Walker Brothers,
Anakelly,
Alton Ellis,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Grey Daturas,
The Stooges, The Stooges, The Stooges, The Stooges.
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.