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 Belgium and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 Robert Palmer 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 punk 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 Pantaleimon. All the underground hits.
All Infiniti tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Saccharine Trust record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Brand Nubian record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Monks,
The Index,
Throbbing Gristle,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Gap Band,
Robert Hood,
Sex Pistols,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Alison Limerick,
Agitation Free,
a-ha,
The Martian,
Maleditus Sound,
The Buckinghams,
Tim Buckley,
Skaos,
Eden Ahbez,
X-101,
Audionom,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Easy Going,
Flipper,
Mantronix,
Idris Muhammad,
Quadrant,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Main Source,
Erasure,
The Toasters,
Drive Like Jehu,
New York Dolls,
Ponytail,
The Skatalites,
Harpers Bizarre,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Ultravox,
Bootsy Collins,
Au Pairs,
R.M.O.,
Rakim,
Visage,
Cameo,
Supertramp,
Patti Smith,
Archie Shepp,
LL Cool J,
The Monochrome Set,
Godley & Creme,
Desert Stars,
The Velvet Underground,
Young Marble Giants,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Moby Grape,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Danielle Patucci,
Joe Finger,
The Raincoats,
Excepter,
Ice-T,
Adolescents, Adolescents, Adolescents, Adolescents.
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.