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 Finland and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Jandek to the dance kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Whodini. All the underground hits.
All The Move tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bobby Hutcherson 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jeff Lynne record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Martian,
Quadrant,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Soft Cell,
Albert Ayler,
UT,
Qualms,
Jesper Dahlback,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Swans,
Jeff Mills,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Pantaleimon,
John Coltrane,
The Modern Lovers,
The Dirtbombs,
Severed Heads,
Skarface,
Lalo Schifrin,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Eric B and Rakim,
MC5,
Grauzone,
Jacob Miller,
Aaron Thompson,
Magma,
CMW,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ituana,
Monks,
Popol Vuh,
Buzzcocks,
the Sonics,
Amon Düül II,
Bush Tetras,
Vainqueur,
Niagra,
David Bowie,
Jerry's Kids,
Ken Boothe,
Thee Headcoats,
Echospace,
Swell Maps,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Zero Boys,
Aloha Tigers,
Simply Red,
Nik Kershaw,
Moby Grape,
Grey Daturas,
Alison Limerick,
Frankie Knuckles,
Yaz,
Sparks,
Panda Bear,
Radiohead,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Trojans,
the Slits,
Ossler,
Eve St. Jones,
Drive Like Jehu,
Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra.
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.