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 Lithuania and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle 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 1966 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Sällskapet to the crunk 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 Depeche Mode. All the underground hits.
All Dorothy Ashby tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gang Gang Dance record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rites of Spring record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Wasted Youth,
Pantaleimon,
Lindisfarne,
Black Flag,
John Holt,
E-Dancer,
Section 25,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Delta 5,
Amon Düül,
Suicide,
Silicon Teens,
The Techniques,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Slave,
a-ha,
The Cowsills,
Sex Pistols,
Sun Ra,
Jandek,
The Fall,
Niagra,
Agitation Free,
Jacques Brel,
Grey Daturas,
Easy Going,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Gregory Isaacs,
Barbara Tucker,
Television Personalities,
The Star Department,
Roxette,
Pulsallama,
The Associates,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Panda Bear,
Flash Fearless,
Pere Ubu,
Swell Maps,
Donald Byrd,
The Remains,
The Sound,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Nils Olav,
Radiopuhelimet,
Youth Brigade,
Susan Cadogan,
Kurtis Blow,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Thee Headcoats,
Ken Boothe,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Simply Red,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Delon & Dalcan,
DJ Sneak,
The Electric Prunes,
Tres Demented,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.