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 Georgia and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 Calgary and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 clarinet 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 Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra to the grime 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 Goldenarms. All the underground hits.
All Television tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Deakin record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a June of 44 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Qualms,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
the Germs,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Severed Heads,
Iggy Pop,
Neil Young,
JFA,
The Martian,
Sam Rivers,
The Birthday Party,
Altered Images,
Judy Mowatt,
Ponytail,
Pagans,
Crispy Ambulance,
Delon & Dalcan,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Slits,
Audionom,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Leaves,
Tommy Roe,
Desert Stars,
Alison Limerick,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Lower 48,
Mantronix,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Mary Jane Girls,
Yellowson,
Gerry Rafferty,
Grandmaster Flash,
Technova,
Nik Kershaw,
Kool Moe Dee,
Pere Ubu,
Eurythmics,
Mark Hollis,
Skarface,
Faust,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Section 25,
Yusef Lateef,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
The Names,
The Sonics,
Zero Boys,
Monolake,
The Fugs,
Hasil Adkins,
Adolescents,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Erykah Badu,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
World's Most,
Cheater Slicks,
DJ Sneak,
Mars,
Ultra Naté,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.