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 Switzerland and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1962 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 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 Carl Craig to the punk 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 Livin' Joy. All the underground hits.
All Gary Puckett & The Union Gap tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Divine Comedy 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a 10cc record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Heaven 17,
Cheater Slicks,
Sandy B,
Soul II Soul,
Funkadelic,
Niagra,
Blossom Toes,
X-102,
Charles Mingus,
Avey Tare,
Vladislav Delay,
Hasil Adkins,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Agent Orange,
Siglo XX,
Surgeon,
Toni Rubio,
Moss Icon,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Amon Düül,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Flash Fearless,
Arcadia,
cv313,
Cameo,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
T. Rex,
The Remains,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Invisible,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
This Heat,
Fela Kuti,
Ken Boothe,
Terry Callier,
Unwound,
Stockholm Monsters,
Alphaville,
Soul Sonic Force,
Davy DMX,
The Knickerbockers,
The Happenings,
The Sound,
Brick,
Bluetip,
Wally Richardson,
F. McDonald,
Skarface,
The Cowsills,
Lyres,
Electric Prunes,
Lightning Bolt,
Eden Ahbez,
Symarip,
Cluster,
The Blackbyrds,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Sad Lovers and Giants, Sad Lovers and Giants, Sad Lovers and Giants, Sad Lovers and Giants.
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.