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 Lebanon and from Milan.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 mellotron 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 Q and Not U 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 Soul Sonic Force. All the underground hits.
All Strawberry Alarm Clock tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every ABC 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a mellotron 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 synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Slick Rick,
Ituana,
Soul Sonic Force,
Q and Not U,
Average White Band,
Bob Dylan,
X-102,
Matthew Halsall,
Basic Channel,
Cameo,
The Misunderstood,
Black Sheep,
The Grass Roots,
Reagan Youth,
The Electric Prunes,
The Mojo Men,
The Sound,
Rotary Connection,
The Smiths,
Ronnie Foster,
Pussy Galore,
Pantytec,
Bizarre Inc.,
Kayak,
Eddi Front,
Television,
Brothers Johnson,
Joyce Sims,
Fat Boys,
Shuggie Otis,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Janne Schatter,
Y Pants,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Avey Tare,
The Offenders,
Panda Bear,
Pylon,
The Dirtbombs,
Tomorrow,
Goldenarms,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Prince Buster,
Barry Ungar,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Unrelated Segments,
Godley & Creme,
Organ,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
June of 44,
Max Romeo,
The Cowsills,
MC5,
Electric Prunes,
Donny Hathaway,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Jawbox,
Girls At Our Best!,
The Saints,
a-ha,
The Fuzztones,
Jandek,
Graham Central Station,
Fifty Foot Hose, Fifty Foot Hose, Fifty Foot Hose, Fifty Foot Hose.
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.