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 Chad and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the sitar 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 Mantronix to the electroclash 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 Ronan. All the underground hits.
All The Slackers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jawbox record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 theremin and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson 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?
Liliput,
The Trojans,
A Flock of Seagulls,
The Grass Roots,
Porter Ricks,
Minor Threat,
Idris Muhammad,
The Blackbyrds,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Dave Gahan,
48th St. Collective,
Funkadelic,
This Heat,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Harmonia,
The Litter,
Grey Daturas,
Zero Boys,
Reuben Wilson,
Ossler,
Au Pairs,
Clear Light,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Man Eating Sloth,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Neil Young,
Joey Negro,
The Wake,
The Fugs,
Can,
Supertramp,
Boz Scaggs,
The Index,
Tres Demented,
Eden Ahbez,
Easy Going,
June of 44,
Dual Sessions,
Lalann,
DJ Sneak,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Gories,
Bill Wells,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Technova,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Flamin' Groovies,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
D'Angelo,
Marc Almond,
John Holt,
cv313,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Gerry Rafferty,
Blake Baxter,
The Human League,
Donald Byrd,
Hardrive,
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You don't know what you really want.
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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.