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 Italy and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Kevin Saunderson to the electroclash 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 Gabor Szabo. All the underground hits.
All Morten Harket tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 a harpsichord and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jeru the Damaja record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eric Dolphy,
Loose Ends,
Lalann,
The Pretty Things,
Crispy Ambulance,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Television Personalities,
Faust,
Soft Cell,
Gang Gang Dance,
Don Cherry,
Hoover,
Ultravox,
Lou Reed,
Brass Construction,
Drexciya,
Fear,
Graham Central Station,
Gong,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Cramps,
Scientists,
The Wake,
MDC,
Michelle Simonal,
Moss Icon,
Lower 48,
Kenny Larkin,
Talk Talk,
Joe Finger,
Niagra,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Al Stewart,
Aaron Thompson,
Delon & Dalcan,
Aswad,
Bobby Byrd,
Soft Machine,
Joy Division,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Agitation Free,
The Blues Magoos,
Junior Murvin,
Average White Band,
Isaac Hayes,
Hasil Adkins,
PIL,
The Slackers,
Young Marble Giants,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Organ,
John Cale,
Dawn Penn,
Steve Hackett,
Ultra Naté,
Robert Hood,
Sällskapet,
Morten Harket,
Electric Prunes,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The United States of America,
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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.