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 Comoros and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1964 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Mars to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 OOIOO. All the underground hits.
All Joe Finger tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ash Ra Tempel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kevin Saunderson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Skarface,
The Invisible,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Camberwell Now,
Rhythm & Sound,
Eric Copeland,
Scott Walker,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Real Kids,
The Tremeloes,
Aaron Thompson,
Johnny Clarke,
Wings,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Yellowson,
Laurel Aitken,
Grandmaster Flash,
Roxy Music,
Quando Quango,
UT,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Little Man,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
John Coltrane,
EPMD,
Reuben Wilson,
Barry Ungar,
Cymande,
Soft Cell,
Curtis Mayfield,
Delon & Dalcan,
Chrome,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Bootsy Collins,
Traffic Nightmare,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Niagra,
Grauzone,
The Fugs,
Alison Limerick,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Durutti Column,
Alton Ellis,
Graham Central Station,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Jesper Dahlback,
Pere Ubu,
Agitation Free,
Al Stewart,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Inner City,
Lalo Schifrin,
Mars,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Half Japanese,
The Sound,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Kaleidoscope,
Charles Mingus,
Scratch Acid, Scratch Acid, Scratch Acid, Scratch Acid.
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.