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 Liberia and from Bremen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Technova to the jazz 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 The Five Americans. All the underground hits.
All KRS-One tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Manfred Mann's Earth Band record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Outsiders record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
L. Decosne,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Ohio Players,
Bobby Byrd,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Basic Channel,
KRS-One,
Derrick May,
Minnie Riperton,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Von Mondo,
The Human League,
Eve St. Jones,
Cal Tjader,
John Lydon,
Goldenarms,
Laurel Aitken,
Rapeman,
The Cowsills,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Neu!,
Urselle,
Jesper Dahlback,
Avey Tare,
Thompson Twins,
Lee Hazlewood,
Liliput,
Q65,
Matthew Halsall,
Quantec,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
The Busters,
Soulsonic Force,
Sarah Menescal,
Maleditus Sound,
Brick,
Letta Mbulu,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Donald Byrd,
Joe Finger,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Barry Ungar,
Tears for Fears,
Albert Ayler,
48th St. Collective,
June Days,
Audionom,
X-101,
Donny Hathaway,
Deakin,
OOIOO,
Sam Rivers,
Severed Heads,
New Age Steppers,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Roxette,
Black Flag,
Surgeon,
the Sonics,
Television Personalities,
Aaron Thompson,
Fat Boys,
Faraquet,
Pierre Henry, Pierre Henry, Pierre Henry, Pierre Henry.
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.