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 Oman and from Toronto.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 marimba 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 FM Einheit to the rock 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 a-ha. All the underground hits.
All The Misunderstood tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Chrome record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Marshall Jefferson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Q and Not U,
The Fuzztones,
Thee Headcoats,
MDC,
Kerri Chandler,
Lindisfarne,
A Certain Ratio,
Kenny Larkin,
Leonard Cohen,
Rekid,
Barclay James Harvest,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Yaz,
Technova,
Jerry's Kids,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Bluetip,
Flamin' Groovies,
David McCallum,
Gang Starr,
Dark Day,
Derrick Morgan,
Thompson Twins,
The Martian,
Severed Heads,
Inner City,
The Blackbyrds,
Iggy Pop,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Sandy B,
Letta Mbulu,
Boogie Down Productions,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
E-Dancer,
Wally Richardson,
David Bowie,
The Electric Prunes,
Soft Cell,
Porter Ricks,
Model 500,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Black Moon,
Rapeman,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Au Pairs,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Metal Thangz,
Bad Manners,
Mandrill,
Bobby Byrd,
Stereo Dub,
Mary Jane Girls,
Talk Talk,
Gastr Del Sol,
Mr. Review,
Harmonia,
Banda Bassotti,
Heaven 17,
The Associates,
Minor Threat,
The Litter,
Jeru the Damaja,
Ice-T,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
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.