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 Swaziland and from Milan.
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 1960 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 Michael McDonald 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 Joe Finger to the disco 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 Cybotron. All the underground hits.
All The Happenings tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Zeros record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Newcleus record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Alice Coltrane,
Ituana,
Shuggie Otis,
New Order,
Kaleidoscope,
Fat Boys,
The Count Five,
Janne Schatter,
The Evens,
Babytalk,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
New York Dolls,
The Dave Clark Five,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
One Last Wish,
The Doobie Brothers,
The Divine Comedy,
Delon & Dalcan,
Godley & Creme,
B.T. Express,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Fela Kuti,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Television Personalities,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Nico,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Negative Approach,
Monks,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Hasil Adkins,
Jawbox,
Cybotron,
Underground Resistance,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Von Mondo,
Jacques Brel,
Max Romeo,
Gastr Del Sol,
Bizarre Inc.,
Duran Duran,
Bill Near,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Stockholm Monsters,
Tom Boy,
Trumans Water,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
H. Thieme,
Outsiders,
Hot Snakes,
Throbbing Gristle,
Al Stewart,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Aloha Tigers,
Clear Light,
Danielle Patucci,
Qualms,
Banda Bassotti,
Harpers Bizarre, Harpers Bizarre, Harpers Bizarre, Harpers Bizarre.
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.