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 Germany and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise show in London.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Paris.
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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the marimba 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 Chris Corsano to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Idris Muhammad. All the underground hits.
All Unwound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Soulsonic Force 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Max Romeo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Delta 5,
Lalo Schifrin,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Al Stewart,
The Mojo Men,
D'Angelo,
Deadbeat,
Accadde A,
Kerri Chandler,
Black Moon,
The Gories,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Faraquet,
Rites of Spring,
Minor Threat,
The Last Poets,
Andrew Hill,
Mary Jane Girls,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Traffic Nightmare,
Lightning Bolt,
Gerry Rafferty,
Terry Callier,
The Blackbyrds,
Symarip,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Bang On A Can,
Godley & Creme,
Public Enemy,
Gregory Isaacs,
The Dirtbombs,
Rakim,
Shoche,
Swell Maps,
cv313,
The Fall,
Livin' Joy,
MDC,
The Slits,
Porter Ricks,
LL Cool J,
ABBA,
Dawn Penn,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
New Age Steppers,
Ronan,
The Zeros,
Nas,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Johnny Osbourne,
Von Mondo,
A Certain Ratio,
Skriet,
Maurizio,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Peter & Gordon,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Janne Schatter, Janne Schatter, Janne Schatter, Janne Schatter.
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.