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 Bulgaria and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Radiopuhelimet to the rock 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 Rekid. All the underground hits.
All Jeff Mills tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Model 500 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 a theremin and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Raincoats,
Lungfish,
Bang On A Can,
Chris & Cosey,
Joensuu 1685,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Man Eating Sloth,
The Remains,
The Selecter,
Thee Headcoats,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Groovy Waters,
Stiv Bators,
Bootsy Collins,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Rosa Yemen,
Delta 5,
Liliput,
Kaleidoscope,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Kurtis Blow,
Nirvana,
Archie Shepp,
Adolescents,
Jeru the Damaja,
The Electric Prunes,
Scott Walker,
Marine Girls,
Minutemen,
Stereo Dub,
Deakin,
Joe Smooth,
Radiopuhelimet,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Tim Buckley,
The Slackers,
Freddie Wadling,
Kerri Chandler,
Gregory Isaacs,
Can,
The Blues Magoos,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Motions,
Sugar Minott,
Sexual Harrassment,
Rod Modell,
Jacob Miller,
The Associates,
Grauzone,
Vainqueur,
Lou Reed,
Johnny Clarke,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
T.S.O.L.,
Barbara Tucker,
Roxy Music,
Althea and Donna,
Patti Smith,
The American Breed,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Dual Sessions,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.