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 Australia and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1961 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Halifax 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 snare 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 Erykah Badu to the grime 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 Moss Icon. All the underground hits.
All Depeche Mode tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 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 Alarm Clocks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Fela Kuti,
Livin' Joy,
Icehouse,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Alice Coltrane,
Kurtis Blow,
Josef K,
Alison Limerick,
The Gun Club,
Lucky Dragons,
the Fania All-Stars,
H. Thieme,
Deakin,
Easy Going,
Jerry's Kids,
Con Funk Shun,
T. Rex,
OOIOO,
The Skatalites,
Eric Copeland,
Mark Hollis,
Pantaleimon,
The Shadows of Knight,
The Names,
Chris & Cosey,
Angry Samoans,
Khruangbin,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Fear,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Public Image Ltd.,
Ultimate Spinach,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Zero Boys,
Lindisfarne,
Roxette,
The Walker Brothers,
Magazine,
The Buckinghams,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Bronski Beat,
Can,
Tubeway Army,
The Birthday Party,
Young Marble Giants,
Derrick Morgan,
Lightning Bolt,
Slave,
Nico,
R.M.O.,
Sun City Girls,
Electric Prunes,
Technova,
Joyce Sims,
The Move,
Chris Corsano,
Goldenarms,
Michelle Simonal,
Wings,
Ossler,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon.
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.