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 Ghana and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1960 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 chamberlin 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 Bill Near to the rock kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Soul Sonic Force. All the underground hits.
All Eric Dolphy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Schoolly D 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Cure record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
MDC,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Kurtis Blow,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Bauhaus,
Metal Thangz,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
PIL,
Scott Walker,
Delta 5,
Scientists,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Junior Murvin,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Livin' Joy,
Alton Ellis,
The Zeros,
Masters at Work,
Swell Maps,
The Sonics,
Japan,
Kerrie Biddell,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
The Misunderstood,
Shuggie Otis,
Maurizio,
Wings,
LL Cool J,
The Motions,
Wolf Eyes,
Desert Stars,
The Doobie Brothers,
Lakeside,
JFA,
The Young Rascals,
Make Up,
New Order,
Ronan,
Liliput,
Wire,
The Associates,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Litter,
Bad Manners,
Public Image Ltd.,
Amazonics,
Qualms,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Fuzztones,
AZ,
Blancmange,
The Count Five,
The Gories,
Kenny Larkin,
John Foxx,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch 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.