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 Russia and from Manila.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Human League to the dance kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 E-Dancer. All the underground hits.
All Harpers Bizarre tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Max Romeo record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Echospace record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Swell Maps,
Sun City Girls,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Evens,
In Retrospect,
Ossler,
Gang Green,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Fortunes,
Lee Hazlewood,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Minnie Riperton,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Intrusion,
Albert Ayler,
The Toasters,
Black Moon,
Cluster,
Kool Moe Dee,
Yellowson,
Lalann,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Guru Guru,
The Electric Prunes,
Flamin' Groovies,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Fela Kuti,
Isaac Hayes,
Jawbox,
Index,
Second Layer,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Curtis Mayfield,
Black Pus,
Radiopuhelimet,
The Smoke,
The Pop Group,
Eyeless In Gaza,
R.M.O.,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Matthew Halsall,
Wolf Eyes,
Pere Ubu,
Depeche Mode,
The Birthday Party,
The Moleskins,
The Wake,
F. McDonald,
Josef K,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Ten City,
New Age Steppers,
The Velvet Underground,
Vladislav Delay,
Roxy Music,
Brass Construction,
Bizarre Inc.,
Barrington Levy,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.