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 Solomon Islands and from Copenhagen.
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 1960 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Derrick May to the jazz kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Mighty Diamonds. All the underground hits.
All The Cowsills tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ituana record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Drexciya,
Joe Smooth,
The Black Dice,
Soft Machine,
Q and Not U,
Graham Central Station,
Cameo,
James White and The Blacks,
Crash Course in Science,
The Buckinghams,
The Litter,
The Martian,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Oneida,
Hardrive,
The Seeds,
Stetsasonic,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
AZ,
The Trojans,
The Dirtbombs,
Stereo Dub,
Prince Buster,
Wally Richardson,
Alphaville,
ABC,
Flash Fearless,
Television Personalities,
Danielle Patucci,
The Star Department,
The Residents,
Supertramp,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The United States of America,
Sight & Sound,
Big Daddy Kane,
Loose Ends,
The Skatalites,
The Grass Roots,
Maurizio,
Aloha Tigers,
Isaac Hayes,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Buzzcocks,
Mars,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Main Source,
David Bowie,
Donny Hathaway,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Blake Baxter,
Arthur Verocai,
Rufus Thomas,
Slick Rick,
Malaria!,
Yellowson,
Susan Cadogan,
Bad Manners,
Maleditus Sound,
The Neon Judgement,
Sister Nancy,
John Cale,
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You don't know what you really want.
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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.