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 Philippines and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 Lille and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Pagans to the dance kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Scan 7. All the underground hits.
All Underground Resistance tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Saints record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a David Axelrod record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Searchers,
It's A Beautiful Day,
L. Decosne,
The Black Dice,
Magazine,
Alison Limerick,
Marvin Gaye,
Amon Düül II,
The Mummies,
Fatback Band,
Public Enemy,
Byron Stingily,
Warsaw,
Reagan Youth,
the Bar-Kays,
Jerry's Kids,
Fela Kuti,
Bad Manners,
Eve St. Jones,
Nation of Ulysses,
Janne Schatter,
The Cramps,
Joe Smooth,
Darondo,
B.T. Express,
Slick Rick,
The Happenings,
Animal Collective,
Lee Hazlewood,
Lyres,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Circle Jerks,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Organ,
Panda Bear,
The Standells,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Susan Cadogan,
John Coltrane,
The J.B.'s,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Minor Threat,
Gichy Dan,
Schoolly D,
LL Cool J,
Heaven 17,
Al Stewart,
Lindisfarne,
the Fania All-Stars,
Y Pants,
Derrick Morgan,
Boredoms,
Idris Muhammad,
Tres Demented,
Duran Duran,
Gastr Del Sol,
Bobby Womack,
Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen.
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.