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 Saudi Arabia and from Delhi.
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 1969 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the organ 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 Graham Central Station to the techno kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Quantec. All the underground hits.
All The American Breed tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kenny Larkin record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
New Order,
Amon Düül II,
Gil Scott Heron,
Saccharine Trust,
Kaleidoscope,
Nik Kershaw,
Youth Brigade,
Talk Talk,
Robert Hood,
Quadrant,
Scientists,
Iggy Pop,
MC5,
World's Most,
Beasts of Bourbon,
David Axelrod,
Japan,
Public Image Ltd.,
KRS-One,
Fear,
Gang Gang Dance,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Lyres,
Judy Mowatt,
Pole,
The Cramps,
The Offenders,
T.S.O.L.,
Accadde A,
Grauzone,
Porter Ricks,
Morten Harket,
Marcia Griffiths,
This Heat,
Piero Umiliani,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Lalo Schifrin,
The Cowsills,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Pagans,
The Index,
JFA,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Marvin Gaye,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Toasters,
Stetsasonic,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Move,
Massinfluence,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Eve St. Jones,
Hashim,
the Association,
The Seeds,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
D'Angelo,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Fatback Band,
The Blackbyrds,
Cluster,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.