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 Azerbaijan and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1961 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Loose Ends to the rap kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Heaven 17. All the underground hits.
All The Detroit Cobras tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Neu! record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kevin Saunderson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Guru Guru,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Spoonie Gee,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Electric Prunes,
Minnie Riperton,
Bill Near,
Donny Hathaway,
The Young Rascals,
B.T. Express,
Max Romeo,
Flash Fearless,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Tomorrow,
Magma,
Neu!,
Monolake,
The Busters,
Qualms,
Wings,
The Fuzztones,
Eric Copeland,
Goldenarms,
Bad Manners,
Newcleus,
The Trojans,
Gang of Four,
Icehouse,
The Angels of Light,
Das Ding,
Warren Ellis,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Gladiators,
Bauhaus,
Public Enemy,
Stereo Dub,
Q and Not U,
Brothers Johnson,
Surgeon,
Flamin' Groovies,
Excepter,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Juan Atkins,
Wally Richardson,
the Human League,
In Retrospect,
The Red Krayola,
X-101,
Q65,
MDC,
Cecil Taylor,
Brick,
Zapp,
Bang On A Can,
Underground Resistance,
Unwound,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Bizarre Inc.,
Bobby Sherman,
June Days, June Days, June Days, June Days.
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.