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 Eritrea and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle show in London.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 marimba 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 Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 to the disco kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Wally Richardson. All the underground hits.
All Aloha Tigers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Royal Trux 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a James White and The Blacks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Modern Lovers,
Camouflage,
The Offenders,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Aaron Thompson,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Tears for Fears,
Zero Boys,
FM Einheit,
The Vogues,
Qualms,
Joy Division,
The Count Five,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Jeff Lynne,
Derrick Morgan,
Sonic Youth,
Boz Scaggs,
Lungfish,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
The Saints,
Chrome,
Amazonics,
Peter & Gordon,
Throbbing Gristle,
The Barracudas,
Quantec,
Icehouse,
John Cale,
The Knickerbockers,
Television Personalities,
Gregory Isaacs,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Underground Resistance,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Electric Prunes,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Lee Hazlewood,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Pussy Galore,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Newcleus,
Cecil Taylor,
Subhumans,
Model 500,
Todd Terry,
Ludus,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Victims,
Tim Buckley,
Cheater Slicks,
The Alarm Clocks,
In Retrospect,
Girls At Our Best!,
Young Marble Giants,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Sound,
Shoche,
Japan,
Althea and Donna,
Kurtis Blow,
Hasil Adkins,
Deakin, Deakin, Deakin, Deakin.
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.