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 Togo and from Johannesburg.
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 1969 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 synthesizer 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 Moby Grape to the grime 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 Godley & Creme. All the underground hits.
All The Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Doors 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Terror Squad Feat. Camron record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ralphi Rosario,
Howard Jones,
Yazoo,
Eric B and Rakim,
Colin Newman,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Tim Buckley,
Kurtis Blow,
Goldenarms,
Easy Going,
DJ Sneak,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
the Fania All-Stars,
Traffic Nightmare,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Metal Thangz,
Pagans,
Dave Gahan,
Amon Düül II,
Bronski Beat,
The Remains,
Oneida,
Zapp,
The Fuzztones,
The Searchers,
The Invisible,
The Happenings,
Byron Stingily,
The Dave Clark Five,
Alphaville,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Matthew Bourne,
Nirvana,
Technova,
The Knickerbockers,
Con Funk Shun,
Public Image Ltd.,
Danielle Patucci,
Alison Limerick,
Shuggie Otis,
Maurizio,
Schoolly D,
Sun City Girls,
Marc Almond,
The Alarm Clocks,
Absolute Body Control,
The Busters,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Suicide,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Henry Cow,
Kerri Chandler,
Kerrie Biddell,
Nation of Ulysses,
The Birthday Party,
Half Japanese,
The Barracudas,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Cameo,
Jeru the Damaja,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Graham Central Station, Graham Central Station, Graham Central Station, Graham Central Station.
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.