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 Bahamas and from Beijing.
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 1963 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Halifax 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 Nile Rodgers 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 The Slits to the grunge 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 Rod Modell. All the underground hits.
All The Cosmic Jokers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Qualms record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
James White and The Blacks,
Nirvana,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Ituana,
Altered Images,
The Beau Brummels,
The Moleskins,
The Divine Comedy,
Kevin Saunderson,
Schoolly D,
Kerrie Biddell,
Subhumans,
Trumans Water,
Fatback Band,
Bill Near,
Electric Prunes,
Sandy B,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Thee Headcoats,
Cal Tjader,
Howard Jones,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Fall,
One Last Wish,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Boredoms,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Althea and Donna,
Barrington Levy,
Traffic Nightmare,
Bad Manners,
T. Rex,
Avey Tare,
Television,
Alison Limerick,
Peter and Kerry,
The Grass Roots,
Mandrill,
Pantytec,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Roxette,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
New York Dolls,
Mary Jane Girls,
Rekid,
OOIOO,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Minutemen,
The Misunderstood,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
The Martian,
ABBA,
Goldenarms,
Soulsonic Force,
D'Angelo,
Rosa Yemen,
E-Dancer,
Carl Craig, Carl Craig, Carl Craig, Carl Craig.
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.