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 Jamaica and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1962 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 mellotron 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience to the rock 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 Minutemen. All the underground hits.
All Lafayette Afro Rock Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every 48th St. Collective record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cymande record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nils Olav,
Technova,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
The Index,
Shoche,
Marine Girls,
La Düsseldorf,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Flipper,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
AZ,
Godley & Creme,
Quadrant,
Magma,
David Axelrod,
Gastr Del Sol,
Erykah Badu,
Bush Tetras,
cv313,
Siglo XX,
The Beau Brummels,
8 Eyed Spy,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Schoolly D,
John Coltrane,
David Bowie,
Basic Channel,
Amazonics,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Animal Collective,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Youth Brigade,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Negative Approach,
Grey Daturas,
In Retrospect,
Tropical Tobacco,
Tim Buckley,
Bizarre Inc.,
Duran Duran,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Mr. Review,
Man Parrish,
Scratch Acid,
Johnny Osbourne,
Cameo,
The Gladiators,
The Litter,
Gang Gang Dance,
Sex Pistols,
The Associates,
Ludus,
Soft Machine,
Skarface,
Robert Hood,
The Happenings,
John Lydon,
Fad Gadget,
Rosa Yemen, Rosa Yemen, Rosa Yemen, Rosa Yemen.
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.