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 Belgium and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1967 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Portland.
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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Bobby Hutcherson. All the underground hits.
All Y Pants tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Scan 7 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 a 808 and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Von Mondo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
MDC,
the Bar-Kays,
Absolute Body Control,
Shuggie Otis,
Henry Cow,
Rhythm & Sound,
Eric Dolphy,
R.M.O.,
X-Ray Spex,
LL Cool J,
David Axelrod,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Reagan Youth,
The Residents,
Trumans Water,
Joe Finger,
Scratch Acid,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Index,
Radiohead,
David McCallum,
Soft Machine,
Moby Grape,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Kerri Chandler,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Kaleidoscope,
Fear,
Fad Gadget,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Barbara Tucker,
Sly & The Family Stone,
World's Most,
Donny Hathaway,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Quantec,
Zapp,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Darondo,
Franke,
Brick,
The Young Rascals,
Prince Buster,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Camberwell Now,
CMW,
Brass Construction,
The Music Machine,
Brothers Johnson,
Gang Green,
Suburban Knight,
KRS-One,
China Crisis,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
John Holt,
The Knickerbockers,
Kayak,
DNA,
MC5,
Agent Orange,
Bang On A Can, Bang On A Can, Bang On A Can, Bang On A Can.
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.