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 Micronesia and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Traffic Nightmare to the funk 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 Terry Callier. All the underground hits.
All The Mojo Men tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Human League record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Neu! record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Siglo XX,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Depeche Mode,
Laurel Aitken,
Interpol,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Pulsallama,
Japan,
Moss Icon,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Michelle Simonal,
Lucky Dragons,
Gichy Dan,
Fela Kuti,
Black Moon,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Blues Magoos,
This Heat,
Throbbing Gristle,
Alton Ellis,
Skarface,
Motorama,
Zero Boys,
8 Eyed Spy,
Gang Starr,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Outsiders,
Kayak,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Detroit Cobras,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
LL Cool J,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Brothers Johnson,
Sällskapet,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Gladiators,
In Retrospect,
Mantronix,
The Stooges,
Groovy Waters,
Albert Ayler,
Tommy Roe,
Livin' Joy,
The Wake,
Sandy B,
Glenn Branca,
Amon Düül II,
H. Thieme,
Robert Görl,
Monolake,
Eric Dolphy,
Deepchord,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Index,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Make Up,
Spoonie Gee, Spoonie Gee, Spoonie Gee, Spoonie Gee.
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.