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 Bulgaria and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Lee Hazlewood to the jazz kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Piero Umiliani. All the underground hits.
All Joey Negro tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Mighty Diamonds 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Modern Lovers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Sight & Sound,
Japan,
Ornette Coleman,
Pulsallama,
Easy Going,
UT,
Kerrie Biddell,
H. Thieme,
Derrick May,
Traffic Nightmare,
Television,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Residents,
The Cramps,
June of 44,
Piero Umiliani,
David Axelrod,
Massinfluence,
The Invisible,
Stetsasonic,
Quando Quango,
Urselle,
K-Klass,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Pet Shop Boys,
Au Pairs,
The Beau Brummels,
Whodini,
Trumans Water,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Minnie Riperton,
the Normal,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Radio Birdman,
Lakeside,
Goldenarms,
Gichy Dan,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Trojans,
Average White Band,
Joy Division,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Matthew Halsall,
Oneida,
Gang of Four,
The Evens,
the Swans,
DJ Sneak,
ABC,
Bang On A Can,
Howard Jones,
Fela Kuti,
John Foxx,
Lee Hazlewood,
The Leaves,
OOIOO,
Mr. Review,
Hardrive,
Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs.
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.