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 Portugal and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 güiro 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 Arcadia to the dance kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Bill Wells. All the underground hits.
All Pierre Henry tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 an arpeggiator and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Mighty Diamonds record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bobby Sherman,
Soul Sonic Force,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Eurythmics,
Radiopuhelimet,
Zero Boys,
Kurtis Blow,
cv313,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Dual Sessions,
Public Image Ltd.,
Avey Tare,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Johnny Osbourne,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Average White Band,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
DNA,
Suburban Knight,
Flash Fearless,
the Normal,
Visage,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Basic Channel,
Alton Ellis,
Smog,
Ultra Naté,
Slick Rick,
Pylon,
Barry Ungar,
Severed Heads,
Mission of Burma,
Thee Headcoats,
Dennis Brown,
Pagans,
Jawbox,
Model 500,
The Five Americans,
World's Most,
Sun Ra,
New York Dolls,
The Leaves,
Ultravox,
Groovy Waters,
Nick Fraelich,
Al Stewart,
Scott Walker,
Soft Machine,
Maleditus Sound,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Rufus Thomas,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Silicon Teens,
Wasted Youth,
Agent Orange,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Quando Quango,
Mantronix,
Sixth Finger,
Aaron Thompson,
ABC, ABC, ABC, ABC.
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.