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 Bhutan and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1968 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Adolescents to the disco 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 Tommy Roe. All the underground hits.
All Lou Reed tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Neil Young 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Delta 5 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Crash Course in Science,
The Searchers,
The Doobie Brothers,
Liliput,
Chris Corsano,
Technova,
Funky Four + One,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Dave Clark Five,
World's Most,
Ronnie Foster,
John Foxx,
The Gap Band,
The Flesh Eaters,
Bobby Byrd,
Basic Channel,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Blues Magoos,
Youth Brigade,
Rotary Connection,
Nik Kershaw,
Black Moon,
Essential Logic,
Barbara Tucker,
Fad Gadget,
Henry Cow,
Pantytec,
Make Up,
Sandy B,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Walker Brothers,
Delon & Dalcan,
The J.B.'s,
John Lydon,
Japan,
Bush Tetras,
Nico,
Sun City Girls,
Marvin Gaye,
The Velvet Underground,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Barry Ungar,
In Retrospect,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
ABBA,
Lower 48,
Procol Harum,
Marshall Jefferson,
Slave,
Lungfish,
Flamin' Groovies,
Suburban Knight,
Minny Pops,
Danielle Patucci,
MDC,
Negative Approach,
Loose Ends,
Icehouse,
One Last Wish,
Barclay James Harvest,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Reagan Youth, Reagan Youth, Reagan Youth, Reagan Youth.
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.