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 Germany and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1962 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Milan.
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 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Wasted Youth to the disco kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Nils Olav. All the underground hits.
All The Divine Comedy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Los Fastidios record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Goldenarms record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Public Enemy,
Gastr Del Sol,
Television Personalities,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Little Man,
The Gories,
The Blues Magoos,
Bush Tetras,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Yellowson,
Wasted Youth,
John Holt,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Niagra,
Eve St. Jones,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Gap Band,
The Seeds,
Agitation Free,
Robert Wyatt,
Laurel Aitken,
Wolf Eyes,
Idris Muhammad,
Warren Ellis,
The Moleskins,
Skaos,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Gabor Szabo,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
David McCallum,
Los Fastidios,
Y Pants,
The Human League,
Throbbing Gristle,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
the Normal,
Max Romeo,
D'Angelo,
Desert Stars,
Ronan,
Marshall Jefferson,
Surgeon,
Jawbox,
EPMD,
Pagans,
Charles Mingus,
Brass Construction,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Neon Judgement,
The Dead C,
The Leaves,
Fear,
Joey Negro,
Masters at Work,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Au Pairs,
a-ha,
Lyres,
Main Source,
The Monochrome Set,
Camberwell Now,
Delon & Dalcan,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.