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 Armenia and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Shanghai.
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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 June Days to the grime 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 Rakim. All the underground hits.
All Hoover tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bad Manners 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a JFA record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
kango's stein massive,
OOIOO,
Index,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Mojo Men,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Eurythmics,
The Angels of Light,
Deakin,
Y Pants,
Jeff Lynne,
The Black Dice,
Connie Case,
Jesper Dahlback,
Ultimate Spinach,
Wally Richardson,
CMW,
Sonic Youth,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Flesh Eaters,
Maleditus Sound,
Josef K,
Darondo,
Soft Cell,
Symarip,
Faust,
Public Enemy,
Ten City,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Maurizio,
Scratch Acid,
Lakeside,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Selecter,
Subhumans,
Spoonie Gee,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Arcadia,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Wasted Youth,
Ponytail,
The Cramps,
Dead Boys,
MDC,
Stiv Bators,
Roxette,
Steve Hackett,
Nik Kershaw,
B.T. Express,
Anthony Braxton,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Neu!,
Shuggie Otis,
Mo-Dettes,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Lebanon Hanover, Lebanon Hanover, Lebanon Hanover, Lebanon Hanover.
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.