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 Russia and from New York.
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 1969 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 The Buckinghams to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Stockholm Monsters. All the underground hits.
All FM Einheit tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Grauzone record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 chamberlin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Divine Comedy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Gladiators,
Surgeon,
Andrew Hill,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Stereo Dub,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Dave Gahan,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Star Department,
The Techniques,
Bad Manners,
Depeche Mode,
The Alarm Clocks,
The Divine Comedy,
Alton Ellis,
Roxette,
The Barracudas,
The Remains,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Raincoats,
Barry Ungar,
Roy Ayers,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Peter and Kerry,
Fugazi,
Ultimate Spinach,
Oblivians,
The Trojans,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Y Pants,
The Move,
The Cure,
Cluster,
Dawn Penn,
Moss Icon,
Yazoo,
Althea and Donna,
UT,
The Vogues,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Joy Division,
Jesper Dahlback,
Cecil Taylor,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Sister Nancy,
Fluxion,
Davy DMX,
The Leaves,
Whodini,
Echospace,
FM Einheit,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Alison Limerick,
Delon & Dalcan,
PIL,
Terrestrial Tones,
Minutemen,
Sun City Girls,
Subhumans,
Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force.
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.