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 Dominica and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1965 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 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 Joensuu 1685 to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Sun Ra. All the underground hits.
All Camouflage tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Grauzone record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Connie Case record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rod Modell,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Pretty Things,
Dave Gahan,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Juan Atkins,
Model 500,
Urselle,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Oneida,
Average White Band,
The Neon Judgement,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Smog,
The Beau Brummels,
John Holt,
Sight & Sound,
the Normal,
Eve St. Jones,
Davy DMX,
U.S. Maple,
Hot Snakes,
Piero Umiliani,
Gil Scott Heron,
Crispian St. Peters,
Section 25,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Lalo Schifrin,
Cybotron,
X-Ray Spex,
Marc Almond,
The Star Department,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
The Sonics,
Bobby Sherman,
Mr. Review,
The Gap Band,
Wings,
Pantytec,
Delon & Dalcan,
The American Breed,
EPMD,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Boz Scaggs,
June Days,
Patti Smith,
A Flock of Seagulls,
The Move,
Livin' Joy,
John Cale,
Mandrill,
Scott Walker,
Mary Jane Girls,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The J.B.'s,
Anakelly,
June of 44,
Avey Tare,
ABBA,
Josef K,
T.S.O.L.,
Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive.
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.