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 Mongolia and from Salvador.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the theremin 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 Bang on a Can All-Stars to the funk 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 Sparks. All the underground hits.
All Patti Smith tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Guru Guru record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ohio Players record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb 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?
Suburban Knight,
Country Teasers,
Bobby Byrd,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Dual Sessions,
Roy Ayers,
The Young Rascals,
Mars,
Grandmaster Flash,
Ponytail,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Gories,
Brass Construction,
Matthew Halsall,
The Fuzztones,
Todd Rundgren,
Whodini,
The Angels of Light,
Monks,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Cecil Taylor,
The Mummies,
La Düsseldorf,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Martian,
Niagra,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Alice Coltrane,
Joyce Sims,
Joensuu 1685,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Barclay James Harvest,
Marshall Jefferson,
John Foxx,
Crooked Eye,
Icehouse,
Danielle Patucci,
MC5,
The Star Department,
Mary Jane Girls,
These Immortal Souls,
The Happenings,
The Walker Brothers,
Chris Corsano,
Newcleus,
UT,
Section 25,
Average White Band,
David McCallum,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Maleditus Sound,
Excepter,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Throbbing Gristle,
Procol Harum,
Erykah Badu,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Babytalk,
Susan Cadogan,
Ralphi Rosario, Ralphi Rosario, Ralphi Rosario, Ralphi Rosario.
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.