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 Dominica and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 grime 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 Kerri Chandler. All the underground hits.
All Al Stewart tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Mummies 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cameo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Piero Umiliani,
Lou Reed,
Kenny Larkin,
Barbara Tucker,
Peter & Gordon,
Yusef Lateef,
Joe Smooth,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Deadbeat,
Aural Exciters,
Spandau Ballet,
Simply Red,
Jimmy McGriff,
the Bar-Kays,
A Certain Ratio,
Schoolly D,
The Smiths,
Popol Vuh,
Max Romeo,
Crispian St. Peters,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Bobby Byrd,
Erykah Badu,
Moebius,
The Stooges,
Barry Ungar,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Gang of Four,
Ituana,
Throbbing Gristle,
The Grass Roots,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Shuggie Otis,
Suicide,
The Human League,
Index,
Joy Division,
The Offenders,
Lyres,
Nation of Ulysses,
Eddi Front,
The Golliwogs,
Average White Band,
Scion,
Los Fastidios,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Nirvana,
Marine Girls,
Marc Almond,
Sun Ra,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
MC5,
Grauzone,
Matthew Halsall,
Scientists,
Glambeats Corp.,
Don Cherry,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Bang On A Can,
Scrapy,
Iggy Pop,
Ralphi Rosario,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.