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 San Marino and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Woodstock.
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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 J.B.'s to the dance 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 Lakeside. All the underground hits.
All Rod Modell tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every the Germs 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a David Bowie record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Young Marble Giants,
Anakelly,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Bootsy Collins,
The Associates,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Magma,
Dennis Brown,
Pere Ubu,
Slave,
The Zeros,
Rod Modell,
Pylon,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Whodini,
The Slackers,
Dawn Penn,
The Walker Brothers,
T.S.O.L.,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Traffic Nightmare,
Absolute Body Control,
Accadde A,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Marcia Griffiths,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Be Bop Deluxe,
cv313,
Marmalade,
Michelle Simonal,
Make Up,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Dual Sessions,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Massinfluence,
Cheater Slicks,
Funky Four + One,
Godley & Creme,
Section 25,
Procol Harum,
The Sound,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Scrapy,
Flash Fearless,
Sound Behaviour,
Fear,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Cal Tjader,
Panda Bear,
Saccharine Trust,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Curtis Mayfield,
Byron Stingily,
The Star Department,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Minnie Riperton,
The Cramps,
Soulsonic Force,
London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir.
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.