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 Ireland and from Columbus.
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 1960 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 theremin 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 Bootsy Collins to the techno 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 Bill Near. All the underground hits.
All the Sonics tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Doobie Brothers 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 an arpeggiator and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cluster record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soul II Soul,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
John Cale,
Arcadia,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Pop Group,
The Litter,
Ituana,
Michelle Simonal,
Mr. Review,
Sonic Youth,
Soul Sonic Force,
Ronan,
H. Thieme,
Skaos,
Cal Tjader,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Gong,
Deakin,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
DJ Sneak,
CMW,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Bob Dylan,
Pagans,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Curtis Mayfield,
Minor Threat,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Clear Light,
The Gories,
Scion,
Flamin' Groovies,
Toni Rubio,
Eric Dolphy,
Bill Near,
Young Marble Giants,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Pharoah Sanders,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Eyeless In Gaza,
World's Most,
Peter & Gordon,
Junior Murvin,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Pretty Things,
The Standells,
Index,
Andrew Hill,
Barrington Levy,
Desert Stars,
One Last Wish,
June of 44,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Cybotron,
Marmalade,
Oneida,
The Gun Club,
Public Image Ltd.,
Ludus,
Thompson Twins,
Yaz,
Lungfish, Lungfish, Lungfish, Lungfish.
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.