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 Kosovo and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1969 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 güiro 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 Delon & Dalcan to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Scott Walker + Sunn O))). All the underground hits.
All Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Grey Daturas record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Judy Mowatt record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sight & Sound,
F. McDonald,
Ken Boothe,
The Real Kids,
Animal Collective,
Steve Hackett,
X-102,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Deakin,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Spoonie Gee,
48th St. Collective,
Stiv Bators,
Ice-T,
Rekid,
Lucky Dragons,
The Busters,
Andrew Hill,
Jimmy McGriff,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Joe Smooth,
Amon Düül,
Groovy Waters,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The J.B.'s,
Hot Snakes,
Niagra,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Slackers,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Ralphi Rosario,
Jawbox,
Ronnie Foster,
Peter and Kerry,
Talk Talk,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Blancmange,
Freddie Wadling,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Selecter,
Eddi Front,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Popol Vuh,
Tubeway Army,
Main Source,
Scott Walker,
The Velvet Underground,
Radiopuhelimet,
Icehouse,
La Düsseldorf,
E-Dancer,
Bobby Byrd,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Michelle Simonal,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Reagan Youth,
Cabaret Voltaire,
The Alarm Clocks,
Y Pants,
The Birthday Party,
Kings Of Tomorrow, Kings Of Tomorrow, Kings Of Tomorrow, Kings Of Tomorrow.
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.