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 Guinea and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1963 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Bad Manners to the punk 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 Ajijia Myrayebe. All the underground hits.
All Lalann tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every L. Decosne 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Aaron Thompson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Slick Rick,
Moss Icon,
David Bowie,
Bob Dylan,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Terrestrial Tones,
D'Angelo,
Bluetip,
Cybotron,
Ohio Players,
Oneida,
Avey Tare,
Gil Scott Heron,
Reuben Wilson,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
DJ Style,
The Monochrome Set,
The Raincoats,
Dead Boys,
John Holt,
Zapp,
The American Breed,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Roy Ayers,
Altered Images,
Massinfluence,
Jawbox,
Gregory Isaacs,
Scientists,
Jeff Lynne,
Chris & Cosey,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Public Enemy,
48th St. Collective,
The Music Machine,
The Detroit Cobras,
Aaron Thompson,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Harmonia,
Swans,
David McCallum,
Eli Mardock,
Flamin' Groovies,
Buzzcocks,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Buckinghams,
Mission of Burma,
Joyce Sims,
Unwound,
Q and Not U,
Hashim,
PIL,
Robert Görl,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Spoonie Gee,
Neil Young,
The Smiths,
Jesper Dahlback,
Soulsonic Force, Soulsonic Force, Soulsonic Force, Soulsonic Force.
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.