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 Jordan and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1966 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 marimba 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 Country Joe & The Fish to the punk 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 Smog. All the underground hits.
All Iggy Pop tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Skaos record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba 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 Fire Engines,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Amon Düül II,
Barclay James Harvest,
David Axelrod,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Oneida,
Agent Orange,
Scan 7,
Hashim,
Nas,
Brand Nubian,
Mandrill,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Massinfluence,
Lindisfarne,
A Certain Ratio,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The New Christs,
Sun Ra,
ABBA,
Livin' Joy,
Barrington Levy,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Flesh Eaters,
Marvin Gaye,
The Blackbyrds,
Chris & Cosey,
CMW,
Pet Shop Boys,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Inner City,
Blossom Toes,
The Smiths,
Bootsy Collins,
Pylon,
Altered Images,
Eric Dolphy,
Eve St. Jones,
Colin Newman,
Soul Sonic Force,
Boogie Down Productions,
Bad Manners,
Harmonia,
Big Daddy Kane,
Eric Copeland,
The Buckinghams,
Jerry's Kids,
Harpers Bizarre,
Jesper Dahlback,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ralphi Rosario,
Trumans Water,
The Associates,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Carl Craig,
The Detroit Cobras,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Monochrome Set,
Marshall Jefferson,
Derrick Morgan,
Yazoo,
Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra.
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.