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 Bhutan and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez 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 1962 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Taipei.
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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 The Tremeloes 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 Inner City. All the underground hits.
All Motorama tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Groovy Waters record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 sitar and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Scratch Acid record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Saccharine Trust,
Moebius,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Lucky Dragons,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Eve St. Jones,
Dennis Brown,
EPMD,
Bauhaus,
Godley & Creme,
Trumans Water,
Laurel Aitken,
Niagra,
Rekid,
Gerry Rafferty,
ABBA,
Kayak,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Unwound,
New Order,
Crooked Eye,
Rotary Connection,
Underground Resistance,
Amazonics,
Khruangbin,
Sparks,
Flash Fearless,
Faust,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
These Immortal Souls,
Cymande,
Little Man,
Robert Wyatt,
Kool Moe Dee,
The Gories,
Gang Green,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Wasted Youth,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Walker Brothers,
The Tremeloes,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Fat Boys,
JFA,
Eric Copeland,
The Blues Magoos,
the Soft Cell,
Nirvana,
The Velvet Underground,
Minny Pops,
Kenny Larkin,
The J.B.'s,
The Pop Group,
The Grass Roots,
Fad Gadget,
The Moody Blues,
DJ Style,
Grey Daturas,
Dual Sessions,
Sex Pistols,
Ronnie Foster, Ronnie Foster, Ronnie Foster, Ronnie Foster.
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.