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 Liechtenstein and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1965 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Chrome 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 the Sonics. All the underground hits.
All David McCallum tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bauhaus record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Neil Young record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Michelle Simonal,
The Slackers,
The Fugs,
The Shadows of Knight,
Kevin Saunderson,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Albert Ayler,
Aswad,
Monks,
Gang Gang Dance,
Khruangbin,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Drexciya,
Circle Jerks,
Moby Grape,
The Evens,
Marine Girls,
Lee Hazlewood,
Jacob Miller,
Spoonie Gee,
The Blackbyrds,
The Fortunes,
Lightning Bolt,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Lebanon Hanover,
Sugar Minott,
Pet Shop Boys,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Minnie Riperton,
Sarah Menescal,
Adolescents,
John Cale,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Andrew Hill,
Average White Band,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Barbara Tucker,
Ice-T,
Cal Tjader,
Mad Mike,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Alphaville,
The Golliwogs,
Nirvana,
Monolake,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Scientists,
Tres Demented,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Piero Umiliani,
The American Breed,
Moebius,
Wire,
Alton Ellis,
OOIOO,
Faraquet,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Cramps,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Nas, Nas, Nas, Nas.
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.