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 Brazil and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide show in New York.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Quadrant to the punk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Isaac Hayes. All the underground hits.
All Dawn Penn tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Young Rascals record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 an oboe and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Drive Like Jehu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
John Coltrane,
Jimmy McGriff,
Carl Craig,
Desert Stars,
Junior Murvin,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Unwound,
Interpol,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Accadde A,
Patti Smith,
Aaron Thompson,
Monks,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Soft Machine,
Matthew Bourne,
Jacques Brel,
Ronan,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Glenn Branca,
Lou Christie,
Au Pairs,
Marc Almond,
Pagans,
Grauzone,
Barrington Levy,
Scan 7,
Chris & Cosey,
Aloha Tigers,
Groovy Waters,
The Dead C,
Brick,
Soul II Soul,
The Fuzztones,
Young Marble Giants,
Pierre Henry,
The Remains,
Lebanon Hanover,
Arab on Radar,
MDC,
Lungfish,
The Gories,
The Standells,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Fortunes,
Anakelly,
Traffic Nightmare,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Bluetip,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Monochrome Set,
The Trojans,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Sister Nancy,
Anthony Braxton,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Ludus,
Grandmaster Flash,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Count Five,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Robert Görl, Robert Görl, Robert Görl, Robert Görl.
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.