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 Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Pretty Things to the crunk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Roxette. All the underground hits.
All Tomorrow tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jacques Brel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Shoche record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Second Layer,
Kerri Chandler,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
JFA,
Janne Schatter,
kango's stein massive,
Delon & Dalcan,
Gil Scott Heron,
Joy Division,
Underground Resistance,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Nico,
Pylon,
Bobby Byrd,
Rotary Connection,
Goldenarms,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Jesper Dahlback,
Royal Trux,
the Human League,
Barbara Tucker,
Sällskapet,
Sixth Finger,
Kevin Saunderson,
Bill Near,
Ultravox,
Tres Demented,
Vladislav Delay,
Wings,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Lee Hazlewood,
Can,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
DNA,
Grey Daturas,
Nation of Ulysses,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Tears for Fears,
The Trojans,
The Motions,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Gichy Dan,
Susan Cadogan,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Techniques,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Minnie Riperton,
Loose Ends,
Rod Modell,
Ronan,
Fat Boys,
Cameo,
Soul Sonic Force,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Sight & Sound,
Crime,
K-Klass,
Minny Pops,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.