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 Costa Rica and from Halifax.
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 1962 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 The Litter to the grime kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Quantec. All the underground hits.
All Hardrive tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Johnny Osbourne record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joensuu 1685 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
La Düsseldorf,
Matthew Bourne,
Spoonie Gee,
Wasted Youth,
Bobby Byrd,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Darondo,
Audionom,
Arab on Radar,
Slave,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Chris & Cosey,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
John Holt,
Echospace,
The Associates,
Nirvana,
The Standells,
Das Ding,
Minnie Riperton,
Alphaville,
The Smoke,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Red Krayola,
Jacob Miller,
Johnny Clarke,
Rosa Yemen,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Pagans,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Dave Gahan,
Sun City Girls,
World's Most,
The Golliwogs,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Skarface,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Yellowson,
The Busters,
The Fortunes,
Zero Boys,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
The Gun Club,
Popol Vuh,
Junior Murvin,
Nas,
Index,
The Alarm Clocks,
Tim Buckley,
Amazonics,
Nico,
The Monks,
Model 500,
Donny Hathaway,
Sound Behaviour,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Faust,
One Last Wish,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Pere Ubu,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Barracudas, The Barracudas, The Barracudas, The Barracudas.
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.