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 Afghanistan and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 linndrum 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 Notorious Big And Bone Thugs to the disco kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Flamin' Groovies. All the underground hits.
All The Gap Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Marine Girls,
Minor Threat,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Infiniti,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Amon Düül,
John Coltrane,
Janne Schatter,
Leonard Cohen,
The Residents,
Underground Resistance,
Throbbing Gristle,
Kayak,
The American Breed,
Alison Limerick,
Pagans,
Newcleus,
The J.B.'s,
This Heat,
Lalann,
FM Einheit,
Little Man,
Bill Near,
The Toasters,
The Gladiators,
Bobby Sherman,
Bluetip,
The Zeros,
10cc,
Lyres,
JFA,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Marc Almond,
Heaven 17,
Glenn Branca,
Juan Atkins,
Basic Channel,
The Red Krayola,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
K-Klass,
Eddi Front,
Alton Ellis,
Q and Not U,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
World's Most,
Radiopuhelimet,
Wasted Youth,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
The Vogues,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Al Stewart,
Von Mondo,
Porter Ricks,
Gang of Four,
Boz Scaggs,
Amazonics,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Q65,
The United States of America,
Rhythm & Sound, Rhythm & Sound, Rhythm & Sound, Rhythm & Sound.
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.