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 Slovenia and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Lyon.
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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Johnny Clarke to the disco kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Lebanon Hanover. All the underground hits.
All Lightning Bolt tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every It's A Beautiful Day record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Al Stewart record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gang Starr,
Scan 7,
Pagans,
Jandek,
Kerrie Biddell,
Symarip,
Johnny Clarke,
Girls At Our Best!,
the Normal,
48th St. Collective,
Yusef Lateef,
Joyce Sims,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Bluetip,
The New Christs,
Grauzone,
AZ,
U.S. Maple,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Drexciya,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Joensuu 1685,
Gong,
Don Cherry,
Delta 5,
the Sonics,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
the Fania All-Stars,
Youth Brigade,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Ultra Naté,
David Bowie,
The Buckinghams,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Idris Muhammad,
The Toasters,
Dark Day,
Accadde A,
Michelle Simonal,
Man Parrish,
Marvin Gaye,
Fela Kuti,
Matthew Halsall,
Sällskapet,
KRS-One,
The Index,
Flamin' Groovies,
Mr. Review,
The Residents,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Todd Terry,
Bizarre Inc.,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
The Durutti Column,
Deadbeat,
The Monochrome Set,
Arthur Verocai,
The Human League,
X-101,
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.