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 Trinidad & Tobago and from Beijing.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 spring reverb 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 X-Ray Spex to the rap 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 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. All the underground hits.
All the Normal tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Little Man record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
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 The Slackers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nirvana,
Jawbox,
Aloha Tigers,
Whodini,
The Grass Roots,
Gang Starr,
Susan Cadogan,
Marcia Griffiths,
Al Stewart,
Masters at Work,
Little Man,
Spoonie Gee,
The Knickerbockers,
Buzzcocks,
Black Flag,
Sound Behaviour,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Zeros,
Hot Snakes,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
One Last Wish,
PIL,
Ultra Naté,
Bobby Womack,
Circle Jerks,
Joy Division,
X-Ray Spex,
Pantaleimon,
Infiniti,
Todd Terry,
Graham Central Station,
Terrestrial Tones,
The Gun Club,
Peter and Kerry,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Flash Fearless,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Ice-T,
Lalann,
Kas Product,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Kerrie Biddell,
Aswad,
Moebius,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Spandau Ballet,
Fela Kuti,
Toni Rubio,
The Busters,
Cluster,
Mary Jane Girls,
Eve St. Jones,
Barrington Levy,
B.T. Express,
Saccharine Trust,
Michelle Simonal,
a-ha,
The Fire Engines,
Jesper Dahlback,
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.