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 Azerbaijan and from Toronto.
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 1963 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 mellotron 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 Babytalk to the jazz kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 The Move. All the underground hits.
All Radiohead tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Charles Mingus 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Monks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Real Kids,
Quando Quango,
Sexual Harrassment,
kango's stein massive,
Ultravox,
Accadde A,
The Kinks,
Sam Rivers,
Maurizio,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Mojo Men,
Gang Gang Dance,
Mr. Review,
Motorama,
Outsiders,
Sarah Menescal,
Blake Baxter,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Minutemen,
Franke,
The Residents,
Funky Four + One,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Lyres,
Cheater Slicks,
Can,
Al Stewart,
Letta Mbulu,
Masters at Work,
A Certain Ratio,
Khruangbin,
Oneida,
LL Cool J,
Girls At Our Best!,
T. Rex,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
The Durutti Column,
The American Breed,
Bill Wells,
Wally Richardson,
Hasil Adkins,
Silicon Teens,
Unwound,
Jerry's Kids,
The Sonics,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Lucky Dragons,
Wasted Youth,
Amon Düül,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Lee Hazlewood,
Radio Birdman,
Robert Hood,
Sonic Youth,
Underground Resistance,
the Germs,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Gang of Four,
Gregory Isaacs, Gregory Isaacs, Gregory Isaacs, Gregory Isaacs.
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.