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 Nigeria and from Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Houston.
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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 World's Most to the dance 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 The Smiths. All the underground hits.
All Wire tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kurtis Blow 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Absolute Body Control record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Derrick Morgan,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Simply Red,
Delta 5,
Eric B and Rakim,
Cecil Taylor,
Max Romeo,
Electric Prunes,
10cc,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Invisible,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
ABC,
Laurel Aitken,
Reuben Wilson,
Chris & Cosey,
Minny Pops,
Arthur Verocai,
Circle Jerks,
Soft Cell,
The Names,
Fear,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Neil Young,
Lee Hazlewood,
Patti Smith,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Gastr Del Sol,
One Last Wish,
Pulsallama,
Drive Like Jehu,
Fat Boys,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Suburban Knight,
Ice-T,
Arcadia,
Dave Gahan,
The Sound,
Vainqueur,
Lebanon Hanover,
These Immortal Souls,
Mantronix,
Kayak,
Grandmaster Flash,
Monolake,
Marc Almond,
The Martian,
Delon & Dalcan,
Porter Ricks,
Eurythmics,
Man Eating Sloth,
Television Personalities,
Arab on Radar,
Alton Ellis,
Piero Umiliani,
Clear Light,
Bobby Byrd,
Marshall Jefferson,
Brand Nubian, Brand Nubian, Brand Nubian, Brand Nubian.
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.