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 Russia and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the oboe 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 Black Sheep to the grime 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 Danielle Patucci. All the underground hits.
All Sun Ra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Skaos record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Young Rascals,
The Vogues,
Anakelly,
Brass Construction,
New York Dolls,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Severed Heads,
Yusef Lateef,
The Residents,
Crash Course in Science,
Infiniti,
Deakin,
Skarface,
Tres Demented,
Dave Gahan,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Lakeside,
Qualms,
In Retrospect,
The Fuzztones,
Joey Negro,
Outsiders,
Mantronix,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Half Japanese,
F. McDonald,
Man Eating Sloth,
PIL,
Lower 48,
Eden Ahbez,
Fear,
Nirvana,
Japan,
Rotary Connection,
Procol Harum,
Ossler,
Babytalk,
John Foxx,
The Buckinghams,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Technova,
Alison Limerick,
The Gap Band,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Lebanon Hanover,
the Slits,
Mr. Review,
Newcleus,
Accadde A,
The Fall,
These Immortal Souls,
Toni Rubio,
Lou Reed,
Avey Tare,
Jerry's Kids,
Scratch Acid,
Lou Christie,
Black Flag,
Glenn Branca,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Fort Wilson Riot, Fort Wilson Riot, Fort Wilson Riot, Fort Wilson Riot.
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.