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 Fiji and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 arpeggiator 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 Alice Coltrane to the disco 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 Godley & Creme. All the underground hits.
All The Wake tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Second Layer 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Junior Murvin record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
David McCallum,
E-Dancer,
Rotary Connection,
Joensuu 1685,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Juan Atkins,
Tommy Roe,
Monolake,
Delta 5,
Stetsasonic,
Josef K,
The Stooges,
Porter Ricks,
Neil Young,
Quando Quango,
Sun City Girls,
Rosa Yemen,
Lebanon Hanover,
Gregory Isaacs,
Boogie Down Productions,
Rekid,
Al Stewart,
Steve Hackett,
Lalann,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Gong,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Faust,
Prince Buster,
Roy Ayers,
Marmalade,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Chrome,
Oneida,
Inner City,
DJ Sneak,
Gil Scott Heron,
Matthew Bourne,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Dual Sessions,
The Buckinghams,
Nik Kershaw,
Colin Newman,
Popol Vuh,
Gerry Rafferty,
Scott Walker,
One Last Wish,
Alphaville,
Magma,
The Raincoats,
Average White Band,
Blake Baxter,
Maleditus Sound,
Circle Jerks,
Fatback Band,
The Mojo Men,
The New Christs,
The Cure,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.