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 South Africa and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 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 Public Image Ltd. to the rap kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 The Fuzztones. All the underground hits.
All Saccharine Trust tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Nick Fraelich record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 organ and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sunsets and Hearts record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Minutemen,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
a-ha,
Minnie Riperton,
Moebius,
The Index,
The Evens,
Deakin,
Urselle,
Joyce Sims,
Unwound,
Sugar Minott,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Funkadelic,
Flash Fearless,
The Vogues,
Metal Thangz,
Toni Rubio,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Ultravox,
These Immortal Souls,
Animal Collective,
Das Ding,
Lalo Schifrin,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Rites of Spring,
kango's stein massive,
Surgeon,
Guru Guru,
Y Pants,
Schoolly D,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Cameo,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Terry Callier,
Ituana,
Lou Christie,
Hoover,
Davy DMX,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Trumans Water,
Blancmange,
Visage,
Babytalk,
Grandmaster Flash,
Peter and Kerry,
Subhumans,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Icehouse,
Black Flag,
Donny Hathaway,
Talk Talk,
The Tremeloes,
Television Personalities,
Don Cherry,
The Skatalites,
Neil Young,
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, Panda Bear, Panda Bear.
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.