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 Japan and from Tokyo.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the linndrum 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 Interpol to the electroclash kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Al Stewart. All the underground hits.
All Underground Resistance tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Cal Tjader record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Todd Terry record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Intrusion,
Shuggie Otis,
Khruangbin,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Boz Scaggs,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Black Moon,
June Days,
David McCallum,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Sonic Youth,
Black Flag,
The Tremeloes,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Tears for Fears,
Marc Almond,
Stereo Dub,
The Wake,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Jandek,
Main Source,
Joey Negro,
Hardrive,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Gang of Four,
Animal Collective,
Sexual Harrassment,
Pere Ubu,
The Move,
Mary Jane Girls,
DJ Style,
the Human League,
K-Klass,
Kevin Saunderson,
Livin' Joy,
Scan 7,
The Human League,
Al Stewart,
Mr. Review,
Altered Images,
Oblivians,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Yaz,
Index,
Tres Demented,
Arab on Radar,
The Fuzztones,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Morten Harket,
8 Eyed Spy,
Anakelly,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Saints,
The Litter,
Yazoo,
Deadbeat,
Ornette Coleman,
Massinfluence,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Jeff Mills, Jeff Mills, Jeff Mills, Jeff Mills.
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.