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 Philippines and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 marimba 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 Hashim to the disco kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Babytalk. All the underground hits.
All Boredoms tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Brass Construction record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Organ record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ossler,
Animal Collective,
La Düsseldorf,
Soul II Soul,
James White and The Blacks,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
The Moody Blues,
T.S.O.L.,
OOIOO,
Los Fastidios,
The Mojo Men,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Spandau Ballet,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Albert Ayler,
Spoonie Gee,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Erasure,
The Gun Club,
Yazoo,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Rakim,
Roxette,
Darondo,
Eric Dolphy,
Can,
The Divine Comedy,
Skaos,
Aural Exciters,
Youth Brigade,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Jesper Dahlback,
Guru Guru,
Mark Hollis,
Gong,
Monks,
Ken Boothe,
Connie Case,
Ten City,
The Fire Engines,
The Skatalites,
Eden Ahbez,
Ultra Naté,
Au Pairs,
Howard Jones,
Sarah Menescal,
Ice-T,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
In Retrospect,
Sixth Finger,
The Move,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Joy Division,
Skriet,
Dawn Penn,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Nirvana,
The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor.
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.