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 Ecuador and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Gories to the dance 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 Tomorrow. All the underground hits.
All The Moleskins tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every X-101 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Stereo Dub record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Panda Bear,
Bizarre Inc.,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Mantronix,
the Normal,
Thee Headcoats,
World's Most,
Livin' Joy,
Glambeats Corp.,
T.S.O.L.,
Pulsallama,
La Düsseldorf,
The Young Rascals,
Kas Product,
Urselle,
Trumans Water,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
The Pop Group,
Jandek,
Nils Olav,
Ralphi Rosario,
cv313,
Crispy Ambulance,
EPMD,
June of 44,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Moss Icon,
Kayak,
Arthur Verocai,
Morten Harket,
Jimmy McGriff,
Bobby Sherman,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
New York Dolls,
Wings,
Scan 7,
Unwound,
Index,
Roger Hodgson,
Andrew Hill,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Skatalites,
Tubeway Army,
The Tremeloes,
Black Bananas,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Technova,
Kevin Saunderson,
X-Ray Spex,
Eve St. Jones,
Cameo,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Kinks,
Marvin Gaye,
Hoover,
Scott Walker, Scott Walker, Scott Walker, Scott Walker.
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.