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 Guatemala and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Motions to the rap 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 The Sonics. All the underground hits.
All 10cc tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pagans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 guitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Stetsasonic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eric B and Rakim,
Groovy Waters,
Scientists,
The Evens,
One Last Wish,
Reagan Youth,
Khruangbin,
Babytalk,
The Gladiators,
Pierre Henry,
Juan Atkins,
Jeru the Damaja,
Amon Düül,
Judy Mowatt,
Black Bananas,
Davy DMX,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Lou Christie,
The Five Americans,
Fat Boys,
Country Teasers,
Hasil Adkins,
Suicide,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Nils Olav,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Sun City Girls,
Agent Orange,
Thompson Twins,
Lou Reed,
Maurizio,
The Invisible,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Tubeway Army,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Letta Mbulu,
Fad Gadget,
Althea and Donna,
Absolute Body Control,
Andrew Hill,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Fall,
Al Stewart,
The Raincoats,
Magma,
Saccharine Trust,
Pussy Galore,
Pole,
Man Eating Sloth,
The Beau Brummels,
Peter and Kerry,
Roxette,
Television,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
T. Rex,
Lightning Bolt,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Man Parrish,
Skarface, Skarface, Skarface, Skarface.
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.