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 Philippines and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Manchester.
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 Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the clarinet 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 It's A Beautiful Day to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Yaz. All the underground hits.
All Smog tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Manfred Mann's Earth Band record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ultramagnetic MC's record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Heaven 17,
The Raincoats,
Ken Boothe,
World's Most,
The United States of America,
Nas,
The Standells,
Grandmaster Flash,
Pantytec,
Urselle,
Todd Terry,
Lee Hazlewood,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Quando Quango,
Outsiders,
Tubeway Army,
The Vogues,
China Crisis,
Subhumans,
The Pretty Things,
Roxette,
Cheater Slicks,
The Wake,
Wire,
The Black Dice,
Fatback Band,
Kurtis Blow,
Thompson Twins,
Kenny Larkin,
Sixth Finger,
Boogie Down Productions,
Agitation Free,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Zapp,
Bang On A Can,
Faust,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Magazine,
Khruangbin,
Hot Snakes,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
The Litter,
Marcia Griffiths,
Delon & Dalcan,
One Last Wish,
AZ,
Slick Rick,
The Five Americans,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Simply Red,
F. McDonald,
Fear,
The Techniques,
Vladislav Delay,
Bob Dylan,
Nils Olav,
Porter Ricks,
Eddi Front,
Public Enemy,
Sex Pistols,
Rhythm & Sound, Rhythm & Sound, Rhythm & Sound, Rhythm & Sound.
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.