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 Montenegro and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Mandrill to the rock kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Maleditus Sound. All the underground hits.
All Lafayette Afro Rock Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every It's A Beautiful Day record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minutemen record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Joensuu 1685,
The Index,
Cameo,
Hashim,
Josef K,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Tres Demented,
A Certain Ratio,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Doobie Brothers,
Derrick May,
Sly & The Family Stone,
June Days,
The Young Rascals,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Stereo Dub,
Sam Rivers,
Gang Starr,
U.S. Maple,
Delon & Dalcan,
Scratch Acid,
The Velvet Underground,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Bad Manners,
Jandek,
Scan 7,
Jawbox,
The Slits,
Quadrant,
Bill Near,
Lou Reed,
Black Flag,
Ultimate Spinach,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
In Retrospect,
Oneida,
the Normal,
Pharoah Sanders,
Rosa Yemen,
Graham Central Station,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Gil Scott Heron,
Eurythmics,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Cure,
The Saints,
Quantec,
Banda Bassotti,
Khruangbin,
New Order,
Neu!,
K-Klass,
Kerrie Biddell,
Funky Four + One,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Leonard Cohen,
MC5,
Circle Jerks,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine.
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.