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 Ethiopia and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1963 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 Alison Limerick to the grime kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Zapp. All the underground hits.
All Bill Wells tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Scion record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Interpol record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Deakin,
Gerry Rafferty,
Al Stewart,
Gregory Isaacs,
Section 25,
Connie Case,
The Blues Magoos,
Danielle Patucci,
Das Ding,
Rhythm & Sound,
Guru Guru,
Amon Düül II,
Bootsy Collins,
Tropical Tobacco,
Boogie Down Productions,
Donald Byrd,
China Crisis,
Wire,
Camberwell Now,
Fat Boys,
Agent Orange,
Marc Almond,
Basic Channel,
Talk Talk,
Flipper,
Sparks,
Symarip,
The Cowsills,
Boz Scaggs,
Y Pants,
Q and Not U,
Television Personalities,
Gastr Del Sol,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
The Motions,
The Velvet Underground,
Sandy B,
Ornette Coleman,
Underground Resistance,
Bluetip,
Grey Daturas,
Bill Wells,
Todd Rundgren,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Grass Roots,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Names,
Thee Headcoats,
Cal Tjader,
Monolake,
Gong,
Prince Buster,
Mo-Dettes,
Kevin Saunderson,
Bobby Sherman,
Gichy Dan,
H. Thieme,
The Red Krayola,
Pagans,
June Days,
Rotary Connection,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers.
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.