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 New Zealand and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1964 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 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 Sandy B to the electroclash 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 Beasts of Bourbon. All the underground hits.
All The Dead C tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Public Enemy 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Michelle Simonal record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Mission of Burma,
Little Man,
Todd Rundgren,
Brand Nubian,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
The Martian,
Groovy Waters,
Arthur Verocai,
Soul Sonic Force,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
The Toasters,
Bluetip,
Royal Trux,
Marmalade,
Arcadia,
James White and The Blacks,
DJ Sneak,
The Sonics,
Blake Baxter,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Tears for Fears,
Icehouse,
Jandek,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Section 25,
Soul II Soul,
Marc Almond,
Dead Boys,
JFA,
Minnie Riperton,
Quantec,
Mars,
Lou Christie,
Bronski Beat,
Kaleidoscope,
Jacques Brel,
Malaria!,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Easy Going,
Ultimate Spinach,
Parry Music,
The United States of America,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Gang Green,
Ken Boothe,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
T. Rex,
Brothers Johnson,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Morten Harket,
Audionom,
Tomorrow,
The Litter,
La Düsseldorf,
Black Flag,
The Residents,
The Raincoats,
The Blackbyrds,
The Trojans,
Neu!,
Radio Birdman,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.