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 Latvia and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1967 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Winnipeg.
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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade to the funk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Dave Clark Five. All the underground hits.
All Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Guru Guru record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Manfred Mann's Earth Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dorothy Ashby,
Mantronix,
Pantaleimon,
The Modern Lovers,
KRS-One,
the Sonics,
Hardrive,
Charles Mingus,
Cybotron,
Symarip,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Khruangbin,
The New Christs,
Sam Rivers,
The Offenders,
Motorama,
Television Personalities,
Barry Ungar,
Jerry's Kids,
Reagan Youth,
Piero Umiliani,
New York Dolls,
Rites of Spring,
Das Ding,
L. Decosne,
Michelle Simonal,
DJ Style,
Erykah Badu,
Joey Negro,
Chris Corsano,
Half Japanese,
Shoche,
The Angels of Light,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Pantytec,
The Invisible,
Lalo Schifrin,
Urselle,
Heaven 17,
David Axelrod,
Althea and Donna,
Bauhaus,
Amon Düül II,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Maurizio,
Dennis Brown,
MC5,
Jandek,
Panda Bear,
Clear Light,
The Five Americans,
D'Angelo,
FM Einheit,
Crispian St. Peters,
The Moody Blues,
The Smoke,
Fat Boys,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Bluetip,
Lou Reed,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Doors, The Doors, The Doors, The Doors.
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.