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 Greece and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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. Jay Z And Juelz to the funk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Electric Prunes. All the underground hits.
All Basic Channel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ralphi Rosario 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Roxette record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Qualms,
Joensuu 1685,
Siglo XX,
Au Pairs,
New Age Steppers,
Ohio Players,
UT,
Hardrive,
The Mojo Men,
Monolake,
The Gladiators,
Magma,
Faust,
The Residents,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Negative Approach,
Maleditus Sound,
The Sound,
Jandek,
the Sonics,
Sun City Girls,
Bobby Sherman,
Mary Jane Girls,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Rekid,
Agent Orange,
Pole,
The Gap Band,
Brothers Johnson,
Ultra Naté,
The Tremeloes,
Ken Boothe,
Lucky Dragons,
Graham Central Station,
Von Mondo,
Deepchord,
Interpol,
Jacques Brel,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Funky Four + One,
Peter & Gordon,
Janne Schatter,
Khruangbin,
Jeru the Damaja,
Bad Manners,
The Count Five,
The Mummies,
Zero Boys,
Dave Gahan,
Marvin Gaye,
Quando Quango,
Hot Snakes,
Main Source,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Grey Daturas,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Circle Jerks,
Los Fastidios,
The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor.
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.