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 Singapore and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1961 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 rhodes 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 The Gories to the dance 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 Richard Hell and the Voidoids. All the underground hits.
All Joe Smooth 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 electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Matthew Bourne record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Kaleidoscope,
Pantytec,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Andrew Hill,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Siglo XX,
UT,
The Sound,
Scan 7,
Dave Gahan,
Swans,
Kool Moe Dee,
Altered Images,
John Cale,
Lakeside,
The Young Rascals,
E-Dancer,
Dorothy Ashby,
Khruangbin,
Scott Walker,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Outsiders,
Kenny Larkin,
Qualms,
the Normal,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Groovy Waters,
The Red Krayola,
a-ha,
Lee Hazlewood,
La Düsseldorf,
Glenn Branca,
Delon & Dalcan,
Skaos,
Bluetip,
The Motions,
Graham Central Station,
Alphaville,
the Fania All-Stars,
Agent Orange,
The Stooges,
Japan,
Harpers Bizarre,
Yazoo,
Nico,
Donny Hathaway,
Marc Almond,
EPMD,
Pet Shop Boys,
New Order,
Maleditus Sound,
Deakin,
Hardrive,
Eddi Front,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Mission of Burma,
The Gladiators,
Letta Mbulu,
Kayak,
B.T. Express,
Soulsonic Force, Soulsonic Force, Soulsonic Force, Soulsonic 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.