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 Estonia and from Bremen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1963 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the oboe 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 Animal Collective 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 Gang Gang Dance. All the underground hits.
All The Motions tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Max Romeo 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Aloha Tigers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eric Dolphy,
The Neon Judgement,
Section 25,
Vainqueur,
Skriet,
a-ha,
Neu!,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Maleditus Sound,
Adolescents,
The Zeros,
The Fuzztones,
Dorothy Ashby,
Sandy B,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The Fugs,
Frankie Knuckles,
Franke,
Johnny Clarke,
Throbbing Gristle,
The Golliwogs,
Pylon,
the Human League,
Spandau Ballet,
Judy Mowatt,
Ultra Naté,
Faraquet,
Make Up,
The Red Krayola,
Bluetip,
Peter and Kerry,
Blake Baxter,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Excepter,
PIL,
Aural Exciters,
Q and Not U,
Davy DMX,
Mr. Review,
The Shadows of Knight,
Quando Quango,
Pagans,
Qualms,
Scrapy,
Porter Ricks,
Tommy Roe,
Severed Heads,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Q65,
The Trojans,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Associates,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
R.M.O.,
kango's stein massive,
Duran Duran,
Johnny Osbourne,
Easy Going,
Ohio Players,
Radiohead,
Sun Ra,
The Fire Engines,
Heaven 17, Heaven 17, Heaven 17, Heaven 17.
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.