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 Chad and from Seoul.
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 1965 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Calgary.
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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Jawbox to the disco kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Janne Schatter. All the underground hits.
All The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Invisible record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
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 ABC record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Colin Newman,
Echospace,
The Associates,
Sarah Menescal,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Cymande,
China Crisis,
David Axelrod,
Barrington Levy,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Graham Central Station,
Motorama,
Reuben Wilson,
Flash Fearless,
Newcleus,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Janne Schatter,
The Modern Lovers,
Lou Reed,
Susan Cadogan,
Saccharine Trust,
The Last Poets,
Symarip,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Ultravox,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Kinks,
Alphaville,
Girls At Our Best!,
Leonard Cohen,
The Leaves,
The Misunderstood,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Bob Dylan,
Funkadelic,
Bang On A Can,
Gang Starr,
Electric Prunes,
DJ Sneak,
Terry Callier,
Robert Görl,
Throbbing Gristle,
Drexciya,
Y Pants,
The Blackbyrds,
Hardrive,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Mark Hollis,
John Cale,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Brand Nubian,
The Techniques,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Laurel Aitken, Laurel Aitken, Laurel Aitken, Laurel Aitken.
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.