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 Montenegro and from Mumbai.
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 1961 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 The Fuzztones to the grime kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Pretty Things. All the underground hits.
All The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Deepchord record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 harpsichord and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Warren Ellis record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eric Dolphy,
Danielle Patucci,
The Electric Prunes,
Soul II Soul,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Y Pants,
Terrestrial Tones,
Icehouse,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The Zeros,
Sarah Menescal,
Isaac Hayes,
Gang of Four,
Moebius,
Ken Boothe,
Sällskapet,
Pet Shop Boys,
Avey Tare,
Pussy Galore,
Iggy Pop,
Bobby Womack,
Jeff Lynne,
The Searchers,
Symarip,
10cc,
Rhythm & Sound,
Max Romeo,
The Remains,
MDC,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Khruangbin,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Matthew Bourne,
Tim Buckley,
Pulsallama,
Bluetip,
Sixth Finger,
Rapeman,
JFA,
Lee Hazlewood,
Matthew Halsall,
Hashim,
Nas,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Knickerbockers,
Funky Four + One,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Faraquet,
Roxette,
Jandek,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Gories,
Main Source,
Hardrive,
Fat Boys,
Rites of Spring,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The Index,
Unrelated Segments,
F. McDonald,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
The Skatalites,
Susan Cadogan, Susan Cadogan, Susan Cadogan, Susan Cadogan.
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.