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 Woodstock.
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 1961 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Dirtbombs to the techno 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 Arcadia. All the underground hits.
All Monolake tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Grauzone record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 chamberlin and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a JFA record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Au Pairs,
Section 25,
the Slits,
Tom Boy,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
The Moody Blues,
Howard Jones,
Andrew Hill,
Tres Demented,
David McCallum,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
the Germs,
JFA,
Urselle,
Goldenarms,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
DJ Style,
Janne Schatter,
Minutemen,
Wasted Youth,
The Human League,
Bad Manners,
Magazine,
the Sonics,
Peter & Gordon,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The J.B.'s,
Mary Jane Girls,
Avey Tare,
Soul II Soul,
The Happenings,
Laurel Aitken,
Yazoo,
Babytalk,
Frankie Knuckles,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Half Japanese,
Sister Nancy,
Idris Muhammad,
D'Angelo,
Barclay James Harvest,
Davy DMX,
Marc Almond,
Bang On A Can,
Model 500,
Marmalade,
KRS-One,
Excepter,
Piero Umiliani,
Unwound,
John Foxx,
Scott Walker,
Malaria!,
Eric Dolphy,
DJ Sneak,
LL Cool J,
The Dirtbombs,
The Young Rascals,
Mr. Review,
Moss Icon, Moss Icon, Moss Icon, Moss Icon.
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.