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 Switzerland and from Jakarta.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Larry & the Blue Notes 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 The Beau Brummels. All the underground hits.
All Robert Hood tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Quantec record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Germs,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Adolescents,
Agitation Free,
Mark Hollis,
The Invisible,
The American Breed,
Lightning Bolt,
Bauhaus,
Iggy Pop,
Pole,
The Divine Comedy,
Guru Guru,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Scratch Acid,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Public Enemy,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Sun City Girls,
Danielle Patucci,
Pussy Galore,
The Human League,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Seeds,
Wire,
Rufus Thomas,
Los Fastidios,
Icehouse,
In Retrospect,
The Fuzztones,
Swell Maps,
The Techniques,
The Sonics,
Big Daddy Kane,
Chrome,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Smoke,
Babytalk,
Newcleus,
Subhumans,
Nirvana,
Malaria!,
Amon Düül II,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
PIL,
Deepchord,
Ultra Naté,
Joy Division,
The Durutti Column,
Accadde A,
Roy Ayers,
The Sound,
Minny Pops,
Nils Olav,
Johnny Clarke,
The Busters,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
A Certain Ratio,
Parry Music,
Henry Cow,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine.
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.