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 Barbados and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Bar-Kays to the grime 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 Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish. All the underground hits.
All Skriet tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Be Bop Deluxe 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Buckinghams record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Gil Scott Heron,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Duran Duran,
Youth Brigade,
The Leaves,
Donald Byrd,
Ludus,
Ralphi Rosario,
Moss Icon,
Sixth Finger,
The Blues Magoos,
Bobby Womack,
Joensuu 1685,
Tommy Roe,
Alison Limerick,
Glenn Branca,
Soul Sonic Force,
Bang On A Can,
CMW,
Ultra Naté,
Charles Mingus,
Todd Rundgren,
X-101,
Roy Ayers,
Pharoah Sanders,
Grauzone,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
cv313,
The Slackers,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Hardrive,
Parry Music,
The Cure,
Infiniti,
Alphaville,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Invisible,
Los Fastidios,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Cameo,
The Mojo Men,
Barrington Levy,
Rekid,
Arcadia,
Symarip,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Tubeway Army,
Bobby Sherman,
Basic Channel,
Colin Newman,
The Skatalites,
The Fall,
Jawbox,
Moby Grape,
Clear Light,
Ponytail,
One Last Wish,
Nils Olav,
Flash Fearless,
Liaisons Dangereuses, Liaisons Dangereuses, Liaisons Dangereuses, Liaisons Dangereuses.
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.