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 Lebanon and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Zapp to the grunge kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Simply Red. All the underground hits.
All Davy DMX tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every UT record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a clarinet 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 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Donald Byrd,
Qualms,
Agitation Free,
Suicide,
U.S. Maple,
Juan Atkins,
The New Christs,
Lalo Schifrin,
F. McDonald,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Q65,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Mad Mike,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Franke,
Boz Scaggs,
Pharoah Sanders,
Radiopuhelimet,
Spoonie Gee,
Nico,
Marmalade,
The Skatalites,
Infiniti,
The Offenders,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Cramps,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
David Axelrod,
Second Layer,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Sam Rivers,
Steve Hackett,
Bill Near,
Chris Corsano,
Television,
Freddie Wadling,
Sight & Sound,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Marcia Griffiths,
The Gories,
ABC,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Pantaleimon,
This Heat,
One Last Wish,
Aural Exciters,
R.M.O.,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Ice-T,
Rekid,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
the Swans,
Graham Central Station,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Index,
Todd Rundgren,
Andrew Hill,
The Moleskins,
Danielle Patucci,
June of 44,
The Slackers,
Shuggie Otis, Shuggie Otis, Shuggie Otis, Shuggie Otis.
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.