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 South Africa and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 In Retrospect to the grunge 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 Delta 5. All the underground hits.
All Reuben Wilson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Anakelly record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 a güiro and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nation of Ulysses record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jimmy McGriff,
B.T. Express,
Glambeats Corp.,
Nico,
the Fania All-Stars,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Stooges,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Pantaleimon,
Wolf Eyes,
Eurythmics,
Bobby Byrd,
Cameo,
Roxy Music,
Negative Approach,
Susan Cadogan,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
KRS-One,
Nas,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Rotary Connection,
Schoolly D,
Faust,
Gong,
Deadbeat,
48th St. Collective,
Juan Atkins,
Drive Like Jehu,
OOIOO,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Grass Roots,
Intrusion,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Pierre Henry,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Brick,
Warren Ellis,
Darondo,
T. Rex,
Brothers Johnson,
Mandrill,
John Coltrane,
Radio Birdman,
Todd Rundgren,
Zero Boys,
Camouflage,
Zapp,
Von Mondo,
Judy Mowatt,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Stereo Dub,
Popol Vuh,
L. Decosne,
Bang On A Can,
Royal Trux,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Moby Grape,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force.
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.