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 Iraq and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Depeche Mode to the grunge 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 Thinking Fellers Union Local 282. All the underground hits.
All Soul II Soul tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Monochrome Set 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Trojans record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sällskapet,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Last Poets,
Desert Stars,
Alison Limerick,
The Sonics,
Black Sheep,
Black Flag,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Idris Muhammad,
R.M.O.,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Dual Sessions,
the Sonics,
Liliput,
Niagra,
Darondo,
Newcleus,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Blake Baxter,
Unrelated Segments,
Glambeats Corp.,
Maleditus Sound,
Sandy B,
Fatback Band,
Urselle,
Lucky Dragons,
Livin' Joy,
Minor Threat,
The Dave Clark Five,
Accadde A,
UT,
Rhythm & Sound,
Wire,
Spoonie Gee,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Steve Hackett,
The Cowsills,
Ronan,
Thee Headcoats,
These Immortal Souls,
Andrew Hill,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Marvin Gaye,
Blancmange,
Vainqueur,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Dead C,
the Bar-Kays,
Skriet,
Donny Hathaway,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
The Litter,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Joey Negro,
Los Fastidios,
Black Pus,
cv313,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
The Modern Lovers,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Ultimate Spinach,
Von Mondo,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon.
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.