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 Suriname and from Lille.
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 1969 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 The Modern Lovers to the rock 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 Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo. All the underground hits.
All Underground Resistance tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mr. Review 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minor Threat record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Electric Prunes,
Accadde A,
Sonic Youth,
CMW,
Outsiders,
48th St. Collective,
The Human League,
The Litter,
Loose Ends,
Au Pairs,
Nico,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Kaleidoscope,
Lucky Dragons,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Soft Machine,
Aloha Tigers,
Godley & Creme,
Joyce Sims,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Hot Snakes,
Scrapy,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Unwound,
Dual Sessions,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
JFA,
Scan 7,
Inner City,
Gang Starr,
the Association,
Scion,
The Standells,
Graham Central Station,
the Slits,
Procol Harum,
Freddie Wadling,
The Music Machine,
Black Moon,
Ice-T,
Peter & Gordon,
Sex Pistols,
Television,
Royal Trux,
Darondo,
Sister Nancy,
Goldenarms,
Basic Channel,
Kerri Chandler,
L. Decosne,
Animal Collective,
Terrestrial Tones,
Bluetip,
Bad Manners,
Faust,
The Smiths,
The Birthday Party,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Leaves,
Malaria!,
The Modern Lovers,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive.
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.