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 United Kingdom and from London.
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 1962 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Winnipeg.
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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Arcadia to the punk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Jesper Dahlback. All the underground hits.
All The Mighty Diamonds tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sunsets and Hearts 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Erykah Badu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Fania All-Stars,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Busters,
Hoover,
World's Most,
The Monochrome Set,
James White and The Blacks,
Bronski Beat,
Marine Girls,
Sonny Sharrock,
Aswad,
Lebanon Hanover,
Moby Grape,
Reuben Wilson,
Marc Almond,
Nik Kershaw,
Roger Hodgson,
Glenn Branca,
The Skatalites,
Danielle Patucci,
X-102,
Chris & Cosey,
Marshall Jefferson,
Neil Young,
Wolf Eyes,
ABBA,
The Black Dice,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Sparks,
Alton Ellis,
Kayak,
Negative Approach,
Stereo Dub,
Franke,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Animal Collective,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Cal Tjader,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Nils Olav,
The Golliwogs,
UT,
Eric B and Rakim,
Joy Division,
Cecil Taylor,
These Immortal Souls,
Spandau Ballet,
the Swans,
The Pretty Things,
Accadde A,
Outsiders,
Joe Finger,
The Martian,
Television,
Bill Wells,
Radiopuhelimet,
Mark Hollis,
MDC, MDC, MDC, MDC.
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.