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 Algeria and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Quadrant to the funk 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 The Techniques. All the underground hits.
All Mr. Review tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every 10cc record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 808 and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Martian record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Maleditus Sound,
The Last Poets,
Bluetip,
Pulsallama,
Minutemen,
Massinfluence,
Morten Harket,
Von Mondo,
Archie Shepp,
The Alarm Clocks,
Freddie Wadling,
Anthony Braxton,
Rekid,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Symarip,
Ponytail,
Interpol,
Radiopuhelimet,
Skarface,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Thompson Twins,
Japan,
Donny Hathaway,
Lower 48,
Frankie Knuckles,
Barclay James Harvest,
Motorama,
Joe Smooth,
Agitation Free,
Tommy Roe,
10cc,
Alphaville,
Vladislav Delay,
Fort Wilson Riot,
the Association,
The Skatalites,
Chris & Cosey,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Steve Hackett,
Bobby Womack,
8 Eyed Spy,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Absolute Body Control,
Chris Corsano,
The Angels of Light,
Lou Reed,
A Certain Ratio,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
the Swans,
Qualms,
Soft Cell,
Wire,
Sixth Finger,
X-101,
Slick Rick,
Eli Mardock,
Marvin Gaye,
Deakin,
Davy DMX,
New York Dolls,
the Sonics,
The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor.
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.