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 the UAE and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the güiro 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 Groovy Waters to the rap 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 Monolake. All the underground hits.
All Angels of Light & Akron/Family tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every A Certain Ratio record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Model 500 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cluster,
Delta 5,
Alphaville,
Throbbing Gristle,
Alison Limerick,
Rapeman,
The Angels of Light,
Pulsallama,
LL Cool J,
Trumans Water,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Motorama,
Metal Thangz,
Siglo XX,
Vainqueur,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Mary Jane Girls,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Soul II Soul,
The Fall,
Shuggie Otis,
The Five Americans,
Lou Reed,
Cameo,
The Busters,
The Divine Comedy,
The Golliwogs,
Youth Brigade,
Public Enemy,
Das Ding,
Johnny Osbourne,
Main Source,
ABBA,
Carl Craig,
Gichy Dan,
Gang of Four,
Neu!,
Khruangbin,
Pierre Henry,
The Last Poets,
Fear,
Lightning Bolt,
Desert Stars,
Skaos,
Cabaret Voltaire,
D'Angelo,
Dennis Brown,
Oneida,
Glenn Branca,
Brass Construction,
Joyce Sims,
Tears for Fears,
Cheater Slicks,
Rakim,
Jerry's Kids,
Max Romeo,
Amon Düül II,
Kaleidoscope,
The Mummies,
Excepter,
K-Klass,
Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive.
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.