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 Lithuania and from Winnipeg.
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 1964 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 Mission of Burma to the dance kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 the Germs. All the underground hits.
All Strawberry Alarm Clock tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Deepchord record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Subhumans,
Kenny Larkin,
Scan 7,
Tears for Fears,
Dave Gahan,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Delta 5,
Alphaville,
Jeff Mills,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Monks,
Thee Headcoats,
Blossom Toes,
The Human League,
the Swans,
Visage,
B.T. Express,
Bluetip,
Mary Jane Girls,
Lower 48,
Ronnie Foster,
Crooked Eye,
The Tremeloes,
Stetsasonic,
Michelle Simonal,
Lebanon Hanover,
Sound Behaviour,
8 Eyed Spy,
Rod Modell,
The Count Five,
Joey Negro,
Frankie Knuckles,
Shuggie Otis,
Bauhaus,
Juan Atkins,
Silicon Teens,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Nation of Ulysses,
The Moleskins,
The Pop Group,
Excepter,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Mo-Dettes,
Todd Rundgren,
Derrick May,
Sandy B,
the Normal,
Animal Collective,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Dual Sessions,
Infiniti,
Monks,
The Electric Prunes,
Bootsy Collins,
The Happenings,
Prince Buster,
Kayak, Kayak, Kayak, Kayak.
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.