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 Finland and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1961 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Black Flag 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 Guru Guru. All the underground hits.
All The Evens tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dual Sessions record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Grey Daturas record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sarah Menescal,
The Fall,
Flipper,
Reuben Wilson,
Girls At Our Best!,
Black Flag,
Marvin Gaye,
Jerry's Kids,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Radiohead,
a-ha,
Crime,
Dorothy Ashby,
ABBA,
Wasted Youth,
Zero Boys,
Nirvana,
The Dave Clark Five,
the Human League,
Colin Newman,
Aural Exciters,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Fear,
Easy Going,
Rhythm & Sound,
Wally Richardson,
Reagan Youth,
Fatback Band,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Spoonie Gee,
The New Christs,
Carl Craig,
X-102,
Young Marble Giants,
Black Moon,
Barrington Levy,
Chris Corsano,
Suburban Knight,
Rufus Thomas,
Curtis Mayfield,
Tubeway Army,
Bobby Sherman,
Leonard Cohen,
The Fuzztones,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Godley & Creme,
Ralphi Rosario,
Bill Wells,
Man Parrish,
Tom Boy,
Mars,
Infiniti,
Porter Ricks,
Scott Walker,
Lalo Schifrin,
Lungfish,
Eric B and Rakim,
Section 25,
Neu!,
Icehouse,
Amon Düül,
The American Breed,
Harry Pussy, Harry Pussy, Harry Pussy, Harry Pussy.
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.