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 Lesotho and from Shanghai.
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 1964 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 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 Sun City Girls to the grime kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Quando Quango. All the underground hits.
All Hashim tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every China Crisis 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a June Days record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
One Last Wish,
Niagra,
Sister Nancy,
The Golliwogs,
The Martian,
H. Thieme,
Sandy B,
Little Man,
Gichy Dan,
Television Personalities,
Gang Starr,
Avey Tare,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
John Lydon,
Wolf Eyes,
The Blackbyrds,
Negative Approach,
Eric B and Rakim,
Bauhaus,
Eli Mardock,
Ken Boothe,
Flash Fearless,
The Count Five,
Prince Buster,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
the Normal,
Gong,
June of 44,
Aloha Tigers,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Camouflage,
Archie Shepp,
Pierre Henry,
Main Source,
Matthew Halsall,
Mad Mike,
Lalo Schifrin,
Easy Going,
Index,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Monks,
The Associates,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Unrelated Segments,
Pagans,
Joy Division,
Kurtis Blow,
Jesper Dahlback,
Young Marble Giants,
La Düsseldorf,
Fad Gadget,
Monolake,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Kayak,
Yaz,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Chris Corsano,
Slick Rick,
Juan Atkins,
Qualms,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Sam Rivers,
Cecil Taylor,
These Immortal Souls, These Immortal Souls, These Immortal Souls, These Immortal Souls.
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.