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 Cape Verde and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Liaisons Dangereuses to the techno kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Basic Channel. All the underground hits.
All The Jesus and Mary Chain tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Al Stewart record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 linndrum and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Vaughan Mason & Crew record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sam Rivers,
Cybotron,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Eric Dolphy,
Lyres,
Johnny Osbourne,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Remains,
June Days,
Anakelly,
Marmalade,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Jacques Brel,
The Slits,
John Holt,
Kurtis Blow,
Dead Boys,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Frankie Knuckles,
Stereo Dub,
Fear,
Harpers Bizarre,
Gang Starr,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Fugazi,
Skriet,
A Certain Ratio,
The Pretty Things,
Yazoo,
Barrington Levy,
Oblivians,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Archie Shepp,
The Stooges,
Excepter,
The Seeds,
Isaac Hayes,
Bill Wells,
The Golliwogs,
David Bowie,
Quando Quango,
Zero Boys,
Kerri Chandler,
Ralphi Rosario,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Eyeless In Gaza,
The Count Five,
Siglo XX,
Soft Machine,
Ornette Coleman,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Tomorrow,
Mary Jane Girls,
China Crisis,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Laurel Aitken,
Pantytec,
K-Klass,
Avey Tare,
Agent Orange,
Index,
Yellowson,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.