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 Cuba and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 linndrum 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 Mad Mike to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Flipper. All the underground hits.
All The Remains tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Human League 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 an oboe and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a World's Most 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?
Liliput,
Charles Mingus,
Judy Mowatt,
Delta 5,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Jeff Mills,
The Toasters,
Bluetip,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Tim Buckley,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Brothers Johnson,
The Saints,
Porter Ricks,
The Remains,
Tres Demented,
The Cramps,
Lakeside,
Eric Dolphy,
Khruangbin,
Pharoah Sanders,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The J.B.'s,
Man Eating Sloth,
Flamin' Groovies,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Ultravox,
the Fania All-Stars,
Motorama,
Echospace,
Cecil Taylor,
The Sound,
Sugar Minott,
The Count Five,
Circle Jerks,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Beau Brummels,
EPMD,
Gang Starr,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Deepchord,
Prince Buster,
Roxette,
Nik Kershaw,
Kayak,
Gichy Dan,
Silicon Teens,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Matthew Halsall,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Buckinghams,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The Black Dice,
Public Image Ltd.,
Dead Boys,
Jeru the Damaja,
Jacob Miller,
Sonny Sharrock, Sonny Sharrock, Sonny Sharrock, Sonny Sharrock.
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.