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 Bahrain and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1960 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 The Vogues to the dance kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 The Grass Roots. All the underground hits.
All Duran Duran tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Talk Talk record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 guitar and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Aaron Thompson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ronnie Foster,
A Certain Ratio,
Gichy Dan,
Sugar Minott,
U.S. Maple,
Carl Craig,
June Days,
a-ha,
Franke,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Rosa Yemen,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Bootsy Collins,
Alton Ellis,
Los Fastidios,
Rotary Connection,
the Sonics,
New York Dolls,
Johnny Osbourne,
Siglo XX,
Grey Daturas,
Kas Product,
Hasil Adkins,
the Normal,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Cal Tjader,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Roxette,
Ponytail,
Goldenarms,
Joey Negro,
Boogie Down Productions,
Eli Mardock,
Brothers Johnson,
Fad Gadget,
the Swans,
The Angels of Light,
Don Cherry,
Khruangbin,
Urselle,
The Doors,
Cluster,
The Sonics,
The United States of America,
Robert Hood,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Depeche Mode,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Mars,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Nirvana,
Bang On A Can,
Pierre Henry,
The Leaves,
Unwound,
Essential Logic,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Brick,
Derrick Morgan,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Minny Pops,
Jawbox,
Laurel Aitken, Laurel Aitken, Laurel Aitken, Laurel Aitken.
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.