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 Portugal and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1969 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the organ 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 The Slits to the grunge 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 Smiths. All the underground hits.
All Bronski Beat tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Leonard Cohen record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 güiro and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sun City Girls record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Misunderstood,
Black Bananas,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Dead C,
Brothers Johnson,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Rekid,
Skarface,
Depeche Mode,
Procol Harum,
Nico,
Albert Ayler,
Flamin' Groovies,
Sarah Menescal,
Rosa Yemen,
Icehouse,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
DJ Style,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Swell Maps,
Juan Atkins,
Kayak,
The Selecter,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Black Sheep,
Ornette Coleman,
Minnie Riperton,
Kaleidoscope,
Clear Light,
The Detroit Cobras,
Matthew Bourne,
PIL,
Lou Reed,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Shadows of Knight,
Main Source,
Ossler,
The Leaves,
The Music Machine,
Young Marble Giants,
Ice-T,
The Divine Comedy,
New Age Steppers,
Section 25,
Donny Hathaway,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Letta Mbulu,
The Index,
Nirvana,
Angry Samoans,
Sonic Youth,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Chrome,
Mo-Dettes,
Prince Buster,
Sun Ra,
Hardrive,
DNA,
Q65,
Davy DMX,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.
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.