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 Slovenia and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1965.
I was there at the first Beefheart show in Lancaster.
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 1966 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Sly & The Family Stone to the rap kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 The Victims. All the underground hits.
All Mo-Dettes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Young Rascals record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a E-Dancer record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Moleskins,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Neil Young,
Howard Jones,
Eric Dolphy,
MDC,
CMW,
Delon & Dalcan,
Essential Logic,
the Sonics,
Joe Smooth,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Crash Course in Science,
Ludus,
Tropical Tobacco,
Stiv Bators,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Amon Düül II,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Black Dice,
The Angels of Light,
Excepter,
New Age Steppers,
T. Rex,
Josef K,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Grauzone,
Davy DMX,
Sun City Girls,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Easy Going,
Blake Baxter,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
The Tremeloes,
Liliput,
Funkadelic,
The J.B.'s,
Lower 48,
FM Einheit,
Stereo Dub,
Donald Byrd,
Flamin' Groovies,
Janne Schatter,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Boogie Down Productions,
Groovy Waters,
The Velvet Underground,
The Cramps,
The Monochrome Set,
Wasted Youth,
Joensuu 1685,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Q65,
The Fortunes,
Michelle Simonal,
Lucky Dragons,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Monks,
The Dead C,
Symarip,
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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.