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 Iran and from Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez 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 1965 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Zero Boys 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 One Last Wish. All the underground hits.
All Byron Stingily tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every June Days record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Unrelated Segments 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?
Gong,
Saccharine Trust,
Barrington Levy,
Eli Mardock,
Minutemen,
Archie Shepp,
Matthew Bourne,
Rotary Connection,
Make Up,
June Days,
Second Layer,
Nils Olav,
The Selecter,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Divine Comedy,
Con Funk Shun,
Model 500,
Patti Smith,
Groovy Waters,
The Doobie Brothers,
Subhumans,
The Moody Blues,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Marine Girls,
Amazonics,
Robert Hood,
Peter and Kerry,
Ohio Players,
Ronan,
Lou Christie,
Jawbox,
R.M.O.,
Absolute Body Control,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
cv313,
X-102,
Pantaleimon,
John Coltrane,
Amon Düül,
the Soft Cell,
Hot Snakes,
Inner City,
The Move,
Blossom Toes,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Grey Daturas,
Godley & Creme,
Colin Newman,
Jacob Miller,
Zapp,
Aloha Tigers,
The Durutti Column,
KRS-One,
Black Pus,
Rekid,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Prince Buster,
U.S. Maple,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Rites of Spring,
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.