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 Yemen and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1968 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Chocolate Watch Band to the electroclash 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 Banda Bassotti. All the underground hits.
All Sarah Menescal tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ten City 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
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 Thompson Twins record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Trojans,
Minny Pops,
Excepter,
Porter Ricks,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Iggy Pop,
Blancmange,
Lou Christie,
This Heat,
DJ Style,
The United States of America,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Outsiders,
Brass Construction,
Guru Guru,
The Move,
Moss Icon,
Ken Boothe,
Man Parrish,
Black Flag,
Michelle Simonal,
Byron Stingily,
Pagans,
Marine Girls,
The Velvet Underground,
Television Personalities,
The Black Dice,
E-Dancer,
Nick Fraelich,
Joyce Sims,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Talk Talk,
Kayak,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Jimmy McGriff,
Mo-Dettes,
These Immortal Souls,
The Standells,
The Vogues,
Camouflage,
Tim Buckley,
Sun City Girls,
Carl Craig,
New Order,
The Beau Brummels,
Deadbeat,
Albert Ayler,
Urselle,
Duran Duran,
Danielle Patucci,
Arab on Radar,
Terry Callier,
Ponytail,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Fat Boys,
Supertramp,
X-101,
La Düsseldorf,
Godley & Creme,
Scratch Acid,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Radio Birdman,
Junior Murvin,
Delon & Dalcan, Delon & Dalcan, Delon & Dalcan, Delon & Dalcan.
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.