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 Bolivia and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1965.
I was there at the first Beefheart show in Lancaster.
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 1962 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes to the techno 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 The Doors. All the underground hits.
All Half Japanese tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lucky Dragons 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Tubeway Army record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Joensuu 1685,
Scion,
The Offenders,
Parry Music,
Joe Smooth,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Boz Scaggs,
The Alarm Clocks,
Susan Cadogan,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Animal Collective,
The Evens,
Sun Ra,
D'Angelo,
Ronnie Foster,
China Crisis,
The Fortunes,
Morten Harket,
Rufus Thomas,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
The Sound,
The Dead C,
Monolake,
JFA,
Warren Ellis,
Outsiders,
Masters at Work,
Roxy Music,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Index,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Cure,
Kenny Larkin,
Soul II Soul,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Accadde A,
Make Up,
Tom Boy,
Kayak,
The Seeds,
Quando Quango,
Nas,
Albert Ayler,
Danielle Patucci,
Joyce Sims,
Roger Hodgson,
Alice Coltrane,
Radiohead,
Pussy Galore,
OOIOO,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Gang Starr,
Davy DMX,
The Slackers,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Tears for Fears,
Grandmaster Flash,
Carl Craig,
Byron Stingily,
Mark Hollis,
Dead Boys,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.