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 Montenegro and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide show in New York.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 snare 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 MDC to the disco kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Bluetip. All the underground hits.
All Pussy Galore tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Vainqueur 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ash Ra Tempel record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jeff Mills,
Saccharine Trust,
Man Eating Sloth,
Mad Mike,
Minny Pops,
Alison Limerick,
Kayak,
Drive Like Jehu,
Eric Dolphy,
Patti Smith,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Black Bananas,
K-Klass,
Scan 7,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Talk Talk,
Tim Buckley,
Alphaville,
The Mummies,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Michelle Simonal,
The United States of America,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Blues Magoos,
Television,
Absolute Body Control,
Shoche,
Livin' Joy,
Liliput,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Gladiators,
Deepchord,
The Wake,
Pantaleimon,
Whodini,
Gichy Dan,
Public Enemy,
Barrington Levy,
Soul Sonic Force,
Sarah Menescal,
Fad Gadget,
Joensuu 1685,
Subhumans,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Cymande,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
the Human League,
June Days,
Niagra,
Sonic Youth,
Zapp,
The Mojo Men,
Slave,
Hoover,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Monolake,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Amazonics,
Bad Manners,
Unwound,
The Tremeloes,
The Divine Comedy,
The Gories, The Gories, The Gories, The Gories.
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.