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 Tuvalu and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 Glasgow and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the guitar 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 The Blues Magoos to the disco kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Cabaret Voltaire. All the underground hits.
All Mantronix tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Soft Machine 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a CMW record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Technova,
Jacques Brel,
The Doobie Brothers,
Glambeats Corp.,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Soulsonic Force,
Tomorrow,
Eric Copeland,
Minor Threat,
Nils Olav,
Barclay James Harvest,
Fat Boys,
Sonic Youth,
ABBA,
The Happenings,
Icehouse,
Magma,
cv313,
June Days,
Eli Mardock,
Thee Headcoats,
Aloha Tigers,
Saccharine Trust,
EPMD,
Cal Tjader,
Bill Near,
Unrelated Segments,
Theoretical Girls,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
L. Decosne,
Mr. Review,
Kerri Chandler,
Davy DMX,
The Gap Band,
Gregory Isaacs,
Kevin Saunderson,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ituana,
Lebanon Hanover,
AZ,
Rekid,
Ludus,
Chris & Cosey,
Peter and Kerry,
John Coltrane,
The Gories,
Joe Smooth,
La Düsseldorf,
Sandy B,
Freddie Wadling,
Scientists,
Gang of Four,
Gichy Dan,
Gang Gang Dance,
Fad Gadget,
Los Fastidios,
Ten City,
Crooked Eye,
The Stooges,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
X-Ray Spex,
Darondo,
Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal.
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.