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 Syria and from Bremen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the linndrum 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 Ituana to the grunge 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 The Monochrome Set. All the underground hits.
All 48th St. Collective tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Tubeway Army record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 an organ and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dennis Brown record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ten City,
Gang Gang Dance,
Erasure,
Bang On A Can,
Peter and Kerry,
Depeche Mode,
Donny Hathaway,
Unwound,
Isaac Hayes,
Kurtis Blow,
A Certain Ratio,
Agent Orange,
Simply Red,
Vainqueur,
The Misunderstood,
Sandy B,
Rosa Yemen,
Drive Like Jehu,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
The Music Machine,
Neil Young,
Barrington Levy,
kango's stein massive,
The Mojo Men,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Marcia Griffiths,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
John Coltrane,
MDC,
Delta 5,
Harry Pussy,
One Last Wish,
Sex Pistols,
Avey Tare,
Judy Mowatt,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Gastr Del Sol,
Faraquet,
The Slits,
Intrusion,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Symarip,
Wings,
The Techniques,
Popol Vuh,
Sonic Youth,
Crispy Ambulance,
Angry Samoans,
Grandmaster Flash,
the Bar-Kays,
Heaven 17,
Stockholm Monsters,
Make Up,
The Neon Judgement,
Suicide,
Stereo Dub,
Jacob Miller,
The Young Rascals,
Todd Rundgren,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.