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 Romania and from Beijing.
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 1961 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 In Retrospect to the techno 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 Crooked Eye. All the underground hits.
All Flamin' Groovies tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Gladiators record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Organ record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Normal,
the Sonics,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Marvin Gaye,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Blake Baxter,
Public Image Ltd.,
Stockholm Monsters,
Bobby Sherman,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Ludus,
Bizarre Inc.,
Radiohead,
Terry Callier,
The Toasters,
The Walker Brothers,
The Motions,
Black Flag,
Scan 7,
The Pretty Things,
Joey Negro,
The Kinks,
Cal Tjader,
Tom Boy,
John Foxx,
Hot Snakes,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Jeff Lynne,
DJ Sneak,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ten City,
Joe Smooth,
a-ha,
The United States of America,
FM Einheit,
Shoche,
The Cure,
Depeche Mode,
The Electric Prunes,
Mo-Dettes,
The Fortunes,
Soul II Soul,
Rakim,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Barry Ungar,
The Raincoats,
Soulsonic Force,
Cymande,
Young Marble Giants,
Sight & Sound,
Subhumans,
Donald Byrd,
The Remains,
The Gladiators,
Tomorrow,
kango's stein massive,
Yellowson,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Spoonie Gee,
Average White Band, Average White Band, Average White Band, Average White Band.
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.