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 Germany and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Symarip to the rock kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 La Düsseldorf. All the underground hits.
All Stiv Bators tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Star Department record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Niagra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
World's Most,
Cymande,
Matthew Halsall,
Unwound,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Ultra Naté,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Lalann,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Main Source,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Lou Christie,
Suburban Knight,
The Victims,
Babytalk,
Siglo XX,
One Last Wish,
Cameo,
Thee Headcoats,
Lightning Bolt,
Rakim,
Dave Gahan,
LL Cool J,
These Immortal Souls,
Lindisfarne,
Con Funk Shun,
Nirvana,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Lakeside,
Mary Jane Girls,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Royal Trux,
Nick Fraelich,
Alphaville,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Clear Light,
Aaron Thompson,
The Smiths,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Idris Muhammad,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Nico,
Gang of Four,
Patti Smith,
Ohio Players,
Lungfish,
Lyres,
Los Fastidios,
Todd Terry,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Albert Ayler,
Tres Demented,
Minnie Riperton,
Mr. Review,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
the Sonics,
Yazoo,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Roger Hodgson,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.