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 Marshall Islands and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Nico to the dance kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 The Dave Clark Five. All the underground hits.
All Roxy Music tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every China Crisis 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Aloha Tigers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Stockholm Monsters,
Radiohead,
Loose Ends,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
the Soft Cell,
Aswad,
Radio Birdman,
Stereo Dub,
The Vogues,
Los Fastidios,
B.T. Express,
Soul Sonic Force,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
The Skatalites,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Isaac Hayes,
Ten City,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Nik Kershaw,
Andrew Hill,
John Coltrane,
Zero Boys,
The Selecter,
Joey Negro,
Aloha Tigers,
Magma,
Donald Byrd,
Echospace,
Intrusion,
Fatback Band,
Bang On A Can,
Todd Terry,
Quadrant,
Fluxion,
Section 25,
Unrelated Segments,
Slave,
Brick,
Television,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Real Kids,
Pere Ubu,
Freddie Wadling,
Jacob Miller,
Symarip,
Ludus,
Joe Smooth,
The Happenings,
cv313,
Pantaleimon,
Vladislav Delay,
Spoonie Gee,
Bluetip,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Rotary Connection,
Hasil Adkins,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
R.M.O.,
Deepchord,
Tomorrow,
Bobby Womack,
La Düsseldorf, La Düsseldorf, La Düsseldorf, La Düsseldorf.
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.