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 Nigeria and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1963 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the snare 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 Saccharine Trust to the disco kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 U.S. Maple. All the underground hits.
All Joe Smooth tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dead Boys record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Peanut Butter Conspiracy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Essential Logic,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Monolake,
Junior Murvin,
Leonard Cohen,
Circle Jerks,
The Evens,
The Moody Blues,
The Alarm Clocks,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
One Last Wish,
Soft Cell,
The Smiths,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Rhythm & Sound,
Hasil Adkins,
Stereo Dub,
Agent Orange,
Jacob Miller,
Eden Ahbez,
Animal Collective,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Soft Machine,
Yaz,
Crash Course in Science,
Jeff Lynne,
Joy Division,
John Cale,
Bang On A Can,
Sound Behaviour,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
The Seeds,
The Cure,
Pere Ubu,
Black Pus,
The Litter,
the Bar-Kays,
Graham Central Station,
Livin' Joy,
The Mummies,
The Gladiators,
Eric Dolphy,
Gastr Del Sol,
Susan Cadogan,
Outsiders,
Johnny Clarke,
Q65,
Franke,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Lou Reed,
X-101,
The Doobie Brothers,
Ken Boothe,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Girls At Our Best!,
Youth Brigade,
MC5,
LL Cool J,
Skarface,
Sällskapet,
Simply Red,
Black Sheep,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes.
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.