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 Iraq and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the snare 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 Joey Negro to the disco kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Basic Channel. All the underground hits.
All Fat Boys tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Public Image Ltd. record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 an oboe and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Robert Wyatt record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
David Axelrod,
Aswad,
Bootsy Collins,
The Zeros,
Flash Fearless,
Rekid,
The Saints,
Wire,
Alison Limerick,
Bauhaus,
Public Enemy,
One Last Wish,
The Martian,
Albert Ayler,
Neu!,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Glenn Branca,
Chris & Cosey,
Spandau Ballet,
Flipper,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
MDC,
Soul Sonic Force,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Donny Hathaway,
Kevin Saunderson,
Bobby Hutcherson,
June Days,
Swans,
Kaleidoscope,
Skarface,
Newcleus,
The Moody Blues,
Black Bananas,
a-ha,
Radiopuhelimet,
Isaac Hayes,
Derrick Morgan,
Jeru the Damaja,
Bronski Beat,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Absolute Body Control,
Nirvana,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Arcadia,
Warren Ellis,
Sight & Sound,
Marvin Gaye,
DNA,
Alphaville,
kango's stein massive,
Minor Threat,
Angry Samoans,
Bizarre Inc.,
PIL,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
The Dirtbombs,
Iggy Pop,
Khruangbin,
Q and Not U,
Country Teasers,
the Soft Cell,
The Gories,
Bad Manners,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.