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 Micronesia and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1968 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 Captain Beefheart 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 Colin Newman to the rap kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Lungfish. All the underground hits.
All Second Layer tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Aloha Tigers 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Alarm Clocks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Jacob Miller,
Dave Gahan,
Ash Ra Tempel,
LL Cool J,
Sällskapet,
Urselle,
The Five Americans,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Barrington Levy,
Gichy Dan,
Graham Central Station,
Man Eating Sloth,
Goldenarms,
Marc Almond,
Ice-T,
This Heat,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Yusef Lateef,
Eric Dolphy,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Fortunes,
The Zeros,
Byron Stingily,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Pulsallama,
The Sonics,
Minnie Riperton,
Moby Grape,
Dark Day,
Easy Going,
Gregory Isaacs,
Motorama,
Royal Trux,
Con Funk Shun,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Nils Olav,
The Doobie Brothers,
Sparks,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Minutemen,
Prince Buster,
Chris & Cosey,
Average White Band,
Zero Boys,
Loose Ends,
Josef K,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Jeff Lynne,
Andrew Hill,
Joey Negro,
Roxy Music,
Neu!,
Skriet,
The Monks,
The Buckinghams,
Duran Duran,
X-101,
Wire, Wire, Wire, Wire.
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.