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 Hungary and from Toronto.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 spring reverb 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 Barry Ungar to the grime 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 David McCallum. All the underground hits.
All Crime tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Patti Smith record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Livin' Joy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Kinks,
Sun Ra,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Dennis Brown,
The Techniques,
Amon Düül II,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Angry Samoans,
Can,
Pharoah Sanders,
Drive Like Jehu,
Monolake,
Terry Callier,
The Gun Club,
Qualms,
Warsaw,
Rhythm & Sound,
Barrington Levy,
KRS-One,
F. McDonald,
June of 44,
Lalo Schifrin,
Cecil Taylor,
Sexual Harrassment,
Anthony Braxton,
Hot Snakes,
The Count Five,
Eddi Front,
Organ,
Skriet,
Make Up,
Pylon,
Soulsonic Force,
The Golliwogs,
The Buckinghams,
K-Klass,
Mary Jane Girls,
DNA,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Carl Craig,
Tom Boy,
Magma,
Reuben Wilson,
Stiv Bators,
Faraquet,
H. Thieme,
Inner City,
Soul II Soul,
PIL,
Eric Copeland,
Ralphi Rosario,
Soul Sonic Force,
June Days,
Yusef Lateef,
Pagans,
Henry Cow,
Blake Baxter,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
D'Angelo,
Joy Division,
Shoche,
T.S.O.L., T.S.O.L., T.S.O.L., T.S.O.L..
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.