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 United States and from Seoul.
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 1966 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Toasters to the punk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Liliput. All the underground hits.
All Unrelated Segments tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Isaac Hayes 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Scrapy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Todd Terry,
Qualms,
The Human League,
R.M.O.,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Smog,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Cluster,
The Mighty Diamonds,
June of 44,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Alphaville,
Crash Course in Science,
Main Source,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Yazoo,
Pussy Galore,
Swans,
Grauzone,
Kaleidoscope,
Fela Kuti,
Warren Ellis,
Flash Fearless,
Rod Modell,
Con Funk Shun,
Can,
Echospace,
Jacques Brel,
Godley & Creme,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
The Monochrome Set,
Unrelated Segments,
The Grass Roots,
Wire,
Eddi Front,
the Fania All-Stars,
The Happenings,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Wasted Youth,
The Walker Brothers,
Byron Stingily,
Jesper Dahlback,
Lebanon Hanover,
Tears for Fears,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Albert Ayler,
Motorama,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Jerry's Kids,
Make Up,
Babytalk,
E-Dancer,
Max Romeo,
Bobby Womack,
Soul Sonic Force,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Morten Harket,
Sandy B,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Index, The Index, The Index, The Index.
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.