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 Algeria and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1964 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Smog to the dance kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Soft Cell. All the underground hits.
All Hashim tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Q65 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 808 and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Guru Guru record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Marcia Griffiths,
Slave,
Donny Hathaway,
Toni Rubio,
The Detroit Cobras,
Easy Going,
Iggy Pop,
Peter and Kerry,
Loose Ends,
Dave Gahan,
Charles Mingus,
June Days,
In Retrospect,
The Doors,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Brick,
Pharoah Sanders,
Flamin' Groovies,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Technova,
Model 500,
Q and Not U,
Hot Snakes,
Symarip,
The Black Dice,
Rod Modell,
Gichy Dan,
Tomorrow,
Gil Scott Heron,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Jawbox,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Invisible,
The Skatalites,
Soul II Soul,
Frankie Knuckles,
Sällskapet,
Swell Maps,
Motorama,
Jeru the Damaja,
Youth Brigade,
Liliput,
Ponytail,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Suburban Knight,
Glambeats Corp.,
Janne Schatter,
Basic Channel,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Mr. Review,
Scion,
MDC,
Silicon Teens,
Schoolly D,
Bill Near,
Jeff Mills,
Desert Stars,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Procol Harum,
Pussy Galore,
Amon Düül II, Amon Düül II, Amon Düül II, Amon Düül II.
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.