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 Zambia and from Winnipeg.
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 1961 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 The Shadows of Knight to the techno kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Kenny Larkin. All the underground hits.
All F. McDonald tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Major Organ And The Adding Machine record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Althea and Donna record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Desert Stars,
D'Angelo,
Sixth Finger,
The Move,
The Blackbyrds,
Technova,
the Soft Cell,
Gang Starr,
The Buckinghams,
U.S. Maple,
The Selecter,
Frankie Knuckles,
Gang of Four,
David McCallum,
Minnie Riperton,
Mars,
Wally Richardson,
The Fall,
Pantytec,
Sun City Girls,
The Trojans,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Gories,
Funky Four + One,
Cymande,
Oblivians,
Television Personalities,
The Stooges,
Ludus,
Television,
Alton Ellis,
Traffic Nightmare,
Agitation Free,
In Retrospect,
Nils Olav,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Joey Negro,
Brick,
The Motions,
The Grass Roots,
Robert Hood,
Michelle Simonal,
Mantronix,
Moby Grape,
The Evens,
Lebanon Hanover,
La Düsseldorf,
Adolescents,
Cheater Slicks,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Litter,
Monks,
Lee Hazlewood,
Eli Mardock,
New York Dolls,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Pretty Things,
Flash Fearless,
Joyce Sims,
Pet Shop Boys,
Minny Pops,
Kings Of Tomorrow, Kings Of Tomorrow, Kings Of Tomorrow, Kings Of Tomorrow.
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.