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 Sudan and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 disco kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Livin' Joy. All the underground hits.
All Carl Craig tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Connie Case record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a CMW record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
David Bowie,
Soulsonic Force,
Brass Construction,
Hasil Adkins,
Drexciya,
Isaac Hayes,
Black Sheep,
The Grass Roots,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
The Gun Club,
Roger Hodgson,
Monks,
Depeche Mode,
Au Pairs,
Flamin' Groovies,
Gerry Rafferty,
Subhumans,
Kayak,
Minor Threat,
The Associates,
The Fuzztones,
Con Funk Shun,
Hardrive,
Colin Newman,
Funky Four + One,
Lightning Bolt,
Babytalk,
Monolake,
The Victims,
Jimmy McGriff,
Lakeside,
Throbbing Gristle,
Ronnie Foster,
Icehouse,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Nik Kershaw,
X-101,
Peter & Gordon,
Echospace,
Chris Corsano,
Lou Reed,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Donny Hathaway,
Rhythm & Sound,
Drive Like Jehu,
Basic Channel,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Cure,
The Blackbyrds,
Jerry's Kids,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Agent Orange,
Aswad,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Godley & Creme,
The Red Krayola,
U.S. Maple,
Minny Pops,
the Normal,
Moss Icon,
Minnie Riperton, Minnie Riperton, Minnie Riperton, Minnie Riperton.
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.