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 Namibia and from Salvador.
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 1966 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Beasts of Bourbon to the grime 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 Hasil Adkins. All the underground hits.
All The Young Rascals tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Zero Boys record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a KRS-One record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Masters at Work,
Connie Case,
Avey Tare,
Ronan,
Sandy B,
The Smiths,
Tropical Tobacco,
Bluetip,
David Axelrod,
Iggy Pop,
The Durutti Column,
Mr. Review,
The Fuzztones,
Jeru the Damaja,
Agitation Free,
Malaria!,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Trumans Water,
The Standells,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Jawbox,
Neil Young,
Soul II Soul,
Jeff Lynne,
The Walker Brothers,
Infiniti,
The Moleskins,
F. McDonald,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Delta 5,
Crooked Eye,
Nils Olav,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Talk Talk,
The Mojo Men,
Von Mondo,
The New Christs,
Second Layer,
kango's stein massive,
Main Source,
Royal Trux,
Jandek,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Cowsills,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Khruangbin,
The Victims,
Bob Dylan,
Cecil Taylor,
Unrelated Segments,
The Offenders,
New Order,
The Barracudas,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Al Stewart,
Dave Gahan,
The Move,
Lindisfarne,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Stooges,
Maurizio,
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.