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 Solomon Islands and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the clarinet 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 Dennis Brown 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 Flamin' Groovies. All the underground hits.
All The Last Poets tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Q and Not U record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 Eric Copeland record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Procol Harum,
Isaac Hayes,
The Seeds,
James White and The Blacks,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Ituana,
Andrew Hill,
Qualms,
Lou Christie,
Supertramp,
Jawbox,
Hashim,
F. McDonald,
The Monochrome Set,
Kurtis Blow,
Camberwell Now,
Jandek,
Erykah Badu,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Birthday Party,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Moleskins,
Maleditus Sound,
Graham Central Station,
Eric Dolphy,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Second Layer,
The Slits,
Heaven 17,
The Dead C,
Slick Rick,
Lalo Schifrin,
Parry Music,
Glenn Branca,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Cal Tjader,
Gang of Four,
Steve Hackett,
Tomorrow,
The Pop Group,
Rekid,
Sugar Minott,
Magazine,
Drive Like Jehu,
Max Romeo,
Tim Buckley,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Standells,
Monolake,
Unrelated Segments,
Aswad,
Scratch Acid,
The Shadows of Knight,
The Selecter,
Scott Walker,
KRS-One,
Ultimate Spinach,
Panda Bear,
World's Most, World's Most, World's Most, World's Most.
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.