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 Mongolia and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Lalann to the funk 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 Newcleus. All the underground hits.
All James Chance & The Contortions tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dorothy Ashby record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 a marimba and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
John Holt,
Cameo,
The Walker Brothers,
The Martian,
Reuben Wilson,
Newcleus,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Niagra,
Janne Schatter,
Pet Shop Boys,
Ten City,
Lower 48,
Camouflage,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Technova,
New York Dolls,
Aural Exciters,
Thee Headcoats,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Desert Stars,
Grandmaster Flash,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
The Offenders,
Whodini,
Guru Guru,
The Monks,
Barclay James Harvest,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Lucky Dragons,
Scott Walker,
Inner City,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Joy Division,
Robert Hood,
Mars,
Pussy Galore,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Eric B and Rakim,
Quando Quango,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Half Japanese,
Junior Murvin,
Babytalk,
Jeff Mills,
Con Funk Shun,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
New Age Steppers,
Idris Muhammad,
Brass Construction,
Mad Mike,
Johnny Clarke,
Lyres,
Marvin Gaye,
Monks,
Soulsonic Force,
Sam Rivers,
Bootsy Collins,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
U.S. Maple, U.S. Maple, U.S. Maple, U.S. Maple.
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.