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 Netherlands and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1966 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Lille.
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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the güiro 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 The Offenders to the rock kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Subhumans. All the underground hits.
All Can 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 grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Blancmange 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?
Shoche,
EPMD,
Mary Jane Girls,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Deepchord,
The Stooges,
The Star Department,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Aswad,
Minor Threat,
Yaz,
MC5,
L. Decosne,
Kevin Saunderson,
X-Ray Spex,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
The Divine Comedy,
The Music Machine,
The United States of America,
Bush Tetras,
Todd Terry,
Marmalade,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Toasters,
Davy DMX,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Moss Icon,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Fort Wilson Riot,
This Heat,
Monolake,
Yellowson,
Ken Boothe,
Jesper Dahlback,
Iggy Pop,
Swell Maps,
Fela Kuti,
The Remains,
Kayak,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Absolute Body Control,
Liliput,
Pussy Galore,
Grey Daturas,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Anakelly,
Suburban Knight,
Nation of Ulysses,
Desert Stars,
Jimmy McGriff,
Avey Tare,
Stockholm Monsters,
Ohio Players,
The Associates,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Lou Christie,
Goldenarms,
Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest.
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.