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 Cape Verde and from Edmonton.
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 1963 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Red Lorry Yellow Lorry to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Zeros. All the underground hits.
All June of 44 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lou Reed & John Cale record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 linndrum and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Busters record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Man Parrish,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Cymande,
Bobby Sherman,
Connie Case,
Spandau Ballet,
Lightning Bolt,
Joensuu 1685,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
the Fania All-Stars,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Minny Pops,
Jesper Dahlback,
Jeff Lynne,
Peter and Kerry,
Tomorrow,
Flipper,
Pylon,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Procol Harum,
Jerry's Kids,
Thee Headcoats,
The Fuzztones,
Piero Umiliani,
The Last Poets,
The Leaves,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
FM Einheit,
Bang On A Can,
Sound Behaviour,
The Doobie Brothers,
The Moody Blues,
Oblivians,
Glenn Branca,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Saints,
Curtis Mayfield,
Boz Scaggs,
The New Christs,
the Slits,
Lindisfarne,
Smog,
Little Man,
Absolute Body Control,
Ohio Players,
The Black Dice,
Roger Hodgson,
Stereo Dub,
Eric Dolphy,
Byron Stingily,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Swell Maps,
Ultravox,
Skaos,
Zapp,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Lalo Schifrin,
Essential Logic,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Black Flag,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Duran Duran,
Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers.
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.