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 New Zealand and from Edmonton.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Gabor Szabo to the rock kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Bush Tetras. All the underground hits.
All Neu! tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Velvet Underground record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Dave Clark Five record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Flash Fearless,
Franke,
Gregory Isaacs,
UT,
Gerry Rafferty,
Throbbing Gristle,
Easy Going,
Masters at Work,
Albert Ayler,
Rufus Thomas,
Todd Rundgren,
Lalo Schifrin,
Nico,
Bobby Byrd,
Minor Threat,
Wolf Eyes,
Trumans Water,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Animal Collective,
Organ,
The Offenders,
Radiopuhelimet,
Archie Shepp,
Q and Not U,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Girls At Our Best!,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Eurythmics,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Avey Tare,
Kool Moe Dee,
Grauzone,
The Human League,
Pussy Galore,
Brand Nubian,
Wally Richardson,
Minny Pops,
The Raincoats,
Funky Four + One,
D'Angelo,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Rotary Connection,
Boredoms,
Country Teasers,
Pole,
MC5,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Deadbeat,
Skaos,
Curtis Mayfield,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Pylon,
Ronnie Foster,
Pantaleimon,
Thompson Twins, Thompson Twins, Thompson Twins, Thompson Twins.
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.