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 Lebanon and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 linndrum 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 Shadows of Knight to the jazz 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 Mission of Burma. All the underground hits.
All Cymande tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Cosmic Jokers 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
a-ha,
The Evens,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Wire,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Lou Christie,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Judy Mowatt,
Camouflage,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
48th St. Collective,
Index,
Cameo,
8 Eyed Spy,
Susan Cadogan,
Television Personalities,
Deepchord,
The Durutti Column,
The Trojans,
Joe Finger,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Reagan Youth,
Chrome,
Hashim,
Prince Buster,
Pylon,
Lower 48,
The Wake,
Tropical Tobacco,
Eve St. Jones,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Can,
Negative Approach,
Ossler,
Flash Fearless,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Nik Kershaw,
Q65,
Tom Boy,
Symarip,
Pet Shop Boys,
Absolute Body Control,
John Cale,
The United States of America,
Barry Ungar,
Duran Duran,
Godley & Creme,
Young Marble Giants,
John Lydon,
Man Parrish,
Bootsy Collins,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Danielle Patucci,
The Slits,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Talk Talk,
Bill Near,
Sällskapet,
Gang Green,
Reuben Wilson,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Roy Ayers, Roy Ayers, Roy Ayers, Roy Ayers.
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.