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 Zimbabwe and from Paris.
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 1963 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Dennis Brown to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Modern Lovers. All the underground hits.
All London Community Gospel Choir tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jeff Mills record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Danielle Patucci record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Monolake,
The Young Rascals,
Crash Course in Science,
Dorothy Ashby,
D'Angelo,
The Remains,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Ralphi Rosario,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Niagra,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Alphaville,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Half Japanese,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Chris & Cosey,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Bob Dylan,
Throbbing Gristle,
Japan,
Leonard Cohen,
Royal Trux,
L. Decosne,
Malaria!,
The Dirtbombs,
The Martian,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Quando Quango,
The Angels of Light,
Yazoo,
Deakin,
Laurel Aitken,
China Crisis,
The Beau Brummels,
The Victims,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
DJ Style,
Rapeman,
Fela Kuti,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Popol Vuh,
Pussy Galore,
Yaz,
Stereo Dub,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Pop Group,
Sun City Girls,
Livin' Joy,
World's Most,
Blossom Toes,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Crime,
Lou Reed,
Dead Boys,
Alison Limerick,
F. McDonald,
Main Source,
John Holt,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Minnie Riperton,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.