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 Israel and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1964 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Eurythmics to the grime kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Agent Orange. All the underground hits.
All Amon Düül II tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Arthur Verocai record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 a sitar and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a This Heat record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Rapeman,
LL Cool J,
Icehouse,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Cal Tjader,
Carl Craig,
Vladislav Delay,
Metal Thangz,
Los Fastidios,
Easy Going,
Girls At Our Best!,
Tubeway Army,
The Selecter,
Underground Resistance,
Animal Collective,
FM Einheit,
Marine Girls,
Erykah Badu,
Eric B and Rakim,
These Immortal Souls,
Arab on Radar,
Terry Callier,
Barrington Levy,
Country Teasers,
Accadde A,
Qualms,
48th St. Collective,
Ossler,
Sun Ra,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Bobby Womack,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Jesper Dahlback,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
KRS-One,
The Cramps,
Oblivians,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Khruangbin,
Television,
The Sonics,
Sound Behaviour,
Lightning Bolt,
Stereo Dub,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Mojo Men,
Index,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Delta 5,
Excepter,
The Gories,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Thee Headcoats,
Junior Murvin,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Last Poets,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Wolf Eyes,
The Detroit Cobras,
Maurizio,
The Standells, The Standells, The Standells, The Standells.
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.