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 Kiribati and from Delhi.
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 1961 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Scion 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 ABBA. All the underground hits.
All Television tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Joyce Sims 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joensuu 1685 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Five Americans,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Mantronix,
cv313,
The Blackbyrds,
The Divine Comedy,
Circle Jerks,
Young Marble Giants,
The Victims,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Shadows of Knight,
Delon & Dalcan,
This Heat,
The Fortunes,
Marine Girls,
The Zeros,
The Fire Engines,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Shuggie Otis,
Sugar Minott,
The Slits,
John Cale,
The Star Department,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
X-Ray Spex,
Minny Pops,
Kenny Larkin,
Brand Nubian,
Gang Gang Dance,
Jeru the Damaja,
These Immortal Souls,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The J.B.'s,
Jerry's Kids,
Lyres,
Infiniti,
Sam Rivers,
Harmonia,
Rhythm & Sound,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Letta Mbulu,
A Certain Ratio,
EPMD,
Funky Four + One,
The Last Poets,
Agent Orange,
The Vogues,
Joe Smooth,
Dennis Brown,
Symarip,
B.T. Express,
Organ,
Excepter,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Maurizio,
Sound Behaviour,
Cymande,
June of 44, June of 44, June of 44, June of 44.
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.