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 Malaysia and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Velvet Underground to the grime kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Doobie Brothers. All the underground hits.
All The Motions tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Neon Judgement 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Monochrome Set record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Severed Heads,
Lalann,
Deepchord,
Byron Stingily,
Junior Murvin,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Cluster,
Grauzone,
Tears for Fears,
Country Joe & The Fish,
a-ha,
Wings,
Matthew Halsall,
Howard Jones,
Livin' Joy,
The Real Kids,
Depeche Mode,
Spandau Ballet,
Soulsonic Force,
Aaron Thompson,
Eli Mardock,
Pussy Galore,
Juan Atkins,
Kaleidoscope,
Marc Almond,
The Young Rascals,
Piero Umiliani,
Animal Collective,
Youth Brigade,
AZ,
Warren Ellis,
The Last Poets,
Negative Approach,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
X-Ray Spex,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Lyres,
Todd Rundgren,
U.S. Maple,
Das Ding,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
A Certain Ratio,
Simply Red,
Theoretical Girls,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Inner City,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Qualms,
Deakin,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Amon Düül,
EPMD,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Busters,
Darondo,
Al Stewart,
Second Layer,
Bronski Beat,
Can,
Lonnie Liston Smith, Lonnie Liston Smith, Lonnie Liston Smith, Lonnie Liston Smith.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
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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.