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 Sudan and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 organ 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 Kerri Chandler to the punk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Ajijia Myrayebe. All the underground hits.
All Darondo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sällskapet record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 snare and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Fortunes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Hasil Adkins,
Iggy Pop,
Scott Walker,
Tres Demented,
Fela Kuti,
The Fortunes,
Prince Buster,
The Cowsills,
AZ,
The Slackers,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Oblivians,
Chris Corsano,
Henry Cow,
Can,
Qualms,
Index,
Ludus,
Buzzcocks,
Eve St. Jones,
Ultimate Spinach,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Sugar Minott,
Gerry Rafferty,
Mo-Dettes,
Soft Cell,
The J.B.'s,
The Barracudas,
The Shadows of Knight,
Tears for Fears,
Cal Tjader,
New Order,
The Wake,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
John Cale,
Ralphi Rosario,
Public Image Ltd.,
Neil Young,
Niagra,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sarah Menescal,
Lou Reed,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Isaac Hayes,
Tubeway Army,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Y Pants,
Scratch Acid,
Malaria!,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Curtis Mayfield,
Max Romeo,
Roger Hodgson,
Marvin Gaye,
Minnie Riperton,
Moebius,
Jesper Dahlback,
Crash Course in Science,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Warsaw,
The Martian,
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.