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 Singapore and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Wire show in Watford.
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 1967 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Althea and Donna to the jazz kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Scrapy. All the underground hits.
All Fluxion tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Nick Fraelich record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Larry & the Blue Notes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Alton Ellis,
The Toasters,
Rhythm & Sound,
Cymande,
Davy DMX,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Tim Buckley,
Mars,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Ludus,
Jandek,
Pulsallama,
Bobby Byrd,
Inner City,
Spoonie Gee,
Pantaleimon,
Nico,
John Foxx,
Grey Daturas,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Walker Brothers,
The Fuzztones,
Bob Dylan,
Barclay James Harvest,
Radio Birdman,
Todd Terry,
Accadde A,
Gregory Isaacs,
Iggy Pop,
Section 25,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Lou Reed,
Fort Wilson Riot,
John Lydon,
Freddie Wadling,
Crispian St. Peters,
Don Cherry,
Monks,
The Birthday Party,
Brand Nubian,
Deadbeat,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Adolescents,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Soulsonic Force,
Buzzcocks,
Joe Smooth,
Barrington Levy,
Janne Schatter,
The Doobie Brothers,
Vainqueur,
X-Ray Spex,
Circle Jerks,
Nick Fraelich,
Urselle,
Stockholm Monsters,
Sarah Menescal,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Frankie Knuckles,
Grauzone,
Howard Jones, Howard Jones, Howard Jones, Howard Jones.
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.