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 Thailand and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1968 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Cairo.
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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Deadbeat to the electroclash 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 Cymande. All the underground hits.
All Richard Hell and the Voidoids tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Liaisons Dangereuses 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a De La Soul & Jungle Brothers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Chris Corsano,
Drive Like Jehu,
Lee Hazlewood,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Roger Hodgson,
Jeff Lynne,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Panda Bear,
Negative Approach,
Wings,
The Busters,
Vladislav Delay,
cv313,
Black Flag,
Urselle,
Scott Walker,
Technova,
X-Ray Spex,
Make Up,
Agitation Free,
Davy DMX,
ABC,
Echospace,
Tubeway Army,
T. Rex,
Public Image Ltd.,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Kinks,
Judy Mowatt,
Jimmy McGriff,
Franke,
Bill Near,
Niagra,
Royal Trux,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Sixth Finger,
Ossler,
Rotary Connection,
Lalo Schifrin,
B.T. Express,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Seeds,
The Detroit Cobras,
Ken Boothe,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Pylon,
Second Layer,
The Dead C,
The Searchers,
Ronan,
Al Stewart,
MC5,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Icehouse,
Roy Ayers,
Hashim,
Scan 7,
Stiv Bators,
Joey Negro,
Rufus Thomas,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
KRS-One,
The Fugs, The Fugs, The Fugs, The Fugs.
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.