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 Switzerland and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Halifax.
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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Andrew Hill to the jazz 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 Junior Murvin. All the underground hits.
All The Human League tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Durutti Column record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soul II Soul record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Index,
Audionom,
Altered Images,
Duran Duran,
The Modern Lovers,
Aaron Thompson,
Nation of Ulysses,
Khruangbin,
Young Marble Giants,
Jesper Dahlback,
Livin' Joy,
Arthur Verocai,
Peter and Kerry,
Rites of Spring,
The Sonics,
Deepchord,
Arab on Radar,
The Stooges,
D'Angelo,
Cameo,
B.T. Express,
Gang Green,
Lou Reed,
kango's stein massive,
Mantronix,
Panda Bear,
June of 44,
Black Flag,
These Immortal Souls,
The Move,
Scan 7,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Metal Thangz,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Glenn Branca,
Morten Harket,
Idris Muhammad,
Oneida,
Agitation Free,
Joensuu 1685,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
The Knickerbockers,
Erykah Badu,
The Martian,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Althea and Donna,
the Germs,
Skaos,
Sister Nancy,
Mo-Dettes,
Vladislav Delay,
Black Bananas,
L. Decosne,
Michelle Simonal,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Japan,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Robert Wyatt,
Stereo Dub,
Iggy Pop,
Dual Sessions, Dual Sessions, Dual Sessions, Dual Sessions.
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.