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 Colombia and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Seeds to the punk 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 Harmonia. All the underground hits.
All Derrick Morgan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mr. Review 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Joe Smooth,
Iggy Pop,
Arcadia,
Brand Nubian,
Shuggie Otis,
Procol Harum,
Main Source,
Gregory Isaacs,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Sparks,
Crime,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Spoonie Gee,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Todd Rundgren,
Kevin Saunderson,
Bobby Hutcherson,
DJ Sneak,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Standells,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Moebius,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Gabor Szabo,
Colin Newman,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Angels of Light,
Donald Byrd,
Infiniti,
Derrick May,
The Gories,
Stiv Bators,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Fela Kuti,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Newcleus,
The Happenings,
Aaron Thompson,
The Leaves,
Cheater Slicks,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Cybotron,
Pharoah Sanders,
Idris Muhammad,
The Sound,
The Detroit Cobras,
the Association,
Japan,
Kayak,
the Soft Cell,
Tomorrow,
UT,
Sandy B,
the Germs,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Skriet,
John Cale,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Big Daddy Kane,
Alphaville,
Quando Quango,
Depeche Mode, Depeche Mode, Depeche Mode, Depeche Mode.
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.