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 Japan and from Shanghai.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Zapp to the dance kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Oblivians. All the underground hits.
All Lucky Dragons tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Smog record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Slackers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ultimate Spinach,
Blake Baxter,
Harpers Bizarre,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Blackbyrds,
The Grass Roots,
Max Romeo,
The Sound,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Flipper,
Radiopuhelimet,
Reagan Youth,
Absolute Body Control,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Kinks,
Carl Craig,
David Bowie,
MDC,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Andrew Hill,
Negative Approach,
Terrestrial Tones,
Tom Boy,
The Last Poets,
Glenn Branca,
Donny Hathaway,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Pop Group,
Eric B and Rakim,
DJ Style,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Gichy Dan,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jandek,
Maleditus Sound,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Joe Finger,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
The United States of America,
Soft Machine,
Letta Mbulu,
Black Moon,
Average White Band,
Gang Gang Dance,
Susan Cadogan,
Pet Shop Boys,
Eric Copeland,
Chrome,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Lower 48,
Clear Light,
The Happenings,
Moss Icon,
John Cale,
Roy Ayers,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Sugar Minott,
LL Cool J,
Brothers Johnson,
Lucky Dragons,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Tremeloes,
Barbara Tucker, Barbara Tucker, Barbara Tucker, Barbara Tucker.
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.