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 Monaco and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1962 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the guitar 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 Vaughan Mason & Crew to the dance kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Pylon. All the underground hits.
All Nas tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rufus Thomas record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lower 48 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ultimate Spinach,
Loose Ends,
Reuben Wilson,
David Axelrod,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Panda Bear,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Bluetip,
Audionom,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Whodini,
The Cramps,
Animal Collective,
Kas Product,
Piero Umiliani,
Black Pus,
Thompson Twins,
Sugar Minott,
kango's stein massive,
Idris Muhammad,
Barrington Levy,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Robert Görl,
Qualms,
Little Man,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Goldenarms,
Bobby Byrd,
The Doobie Brothers,
The Monks,
Tommy Roe,
Television,
Oblivians,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Real Kids,
Harry Pussy,
The J.B.'s,
Visage,
Essential Logic,
Shuggie Otis,
Flipper,
Glenn Branca,
The Slackers,
Ludus,
Gichy Dan,
A Certain Ratio,
Procol Harum,
Marvin Gaye,
Das Ding,
Dorothy Ashby,
The Raincoats,
Lebanon Hanover,
Scion,
Joe Finger,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Five Americans,
Monks,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Wings,
Tim Buckley, Tim Buckley, Tim Buckley, Tim Buckley.
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.