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 Namibia and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 spring reverb 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 Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel to the punk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Kool Moe Dee. All the underground hits.
All The Trojans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rahsaan Roland Kirk record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Vladislav Delay record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pierre Henry,
Rhythm & Sound,
Marvin Gaye,
Second Layer,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Invisible,
Ornette Coleman,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
the Fania All-Stars,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
June of 44,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Supertramp,
Eric B and Rakim,
Swans,
Yusef Lateef,
MDC,
Index,
DJ Style,
Thompson Twins,
The Fall,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Count Five,
Magma,
The Grass Roots,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Icehouse,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Blackbyrds,
Moss Icon,
Groovy Waters,
Andrew Hill,
Q65,
Negative Approach,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Morten Harket,
Davy DMX,
Yaz,
OOIOO,
Dave Gahan,
The Gap Band,
The Dead C,
Sister Nancy,
Howard Jones,
Spoonie Gee,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Harry Pussy,
UT,
Roy Ayers,
Connie Case,
D'Angelo,
Audionom,
Gil Scott Heron,
Warren Ellis,
Scan 7,
Brass Construction,
Oblivians,
Robert Hood,
Nas,
Mantronix,
Blancmange,
John Coltrane, John Coltrane, John Coltrane, John Coltrane.
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.