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 Mozambique and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1967 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 snare 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 X-102 to the rap 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 Albert Ayler. All the underground hits.
All Agent Orange tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Barbara Tucker record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Beau Brummels,
Agitation Free,
Anthony Braxton,
Nik Kershaw,
The Velvet Underground,
Danielle Patucci,
Gang Green,
Kevin Saunderson,
Steve Hackett,
Toni Rubio,
Joensuu 1685,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Groovy Waters,
Radiohead,
Traffic Nightmare,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Minny Pops,
Cluster,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Infiniti,
The Dave Clark Five,
World's Most,
The Mummies,
Outsiders,
Lalann,
The Real Kids,
Massinfluence,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
a-ha,
The Standells,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Bill Near,
Jacques Brel,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Hot Snakes,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Boz Scaggs,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
The Barracudas,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Au Pairs,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Jacob Miller,
Avey Tare,
The Remains,
Erykah Badu,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Terry Callier,
Nico,
Rapeman,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Jesper Dahlback,
Grandmaster Flash,
Slick Rick,
Gang of Four,
A Certain Ratio,
Inner City,
Kool Moe Dee,
Hoover,
Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti.
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.