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 Peru and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1965 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Gil Scott Heron. All the underground hits.
All Echo & the Bunnymen tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ronnie Foster record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a linndrum 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 chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Harpers Bizarre,
Lyres,
Agitation Free,
Ludus,
The Young Rascals,
Yellowson,
Clear Light,
Lalann,
Janne Schatter,
Hashim,
Deakin,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Count Five,
Marc Almond,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Unwound,
Tears for Fears,
T.S.O.L.,
Can,
Niagra,
Cameo,
Faust,
Minny Pops,
Bill Wells,
X-102,
Marmalade,
Absolute Body Control,
Amon Düül II,
Throbbing Gristle,
Essential Logic,
The Knickerbockers,
X-Ray Spex,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
The Red Krayola,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Music Machine,
Babytalk,
Pussy Galore,
In Retrospect,
John Lydon,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Nik Kershaw,
The Litter,
Eric Copeland,
The Last Poets,
June Days,
Circle Jerks,
Prince Buster,
Laurel Aitken,
Stereo Dub,
U.S. Maple,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Organ,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Matthew Halsall,
Yusef Lateef,
Sandy B,
Barclay James Harvest,
New York Dolls, New York Dolls, New York Dolls, New York Dolls.
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.