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 San Marino and from Cairo.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Cal Tjader to the rap kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Audionom. All the underground hits.
All Mr. Review tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter & Gordon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Throbbing Gristle,
Guru Guru,
Arcadia,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
The Gun Club,
Davy DMX,
Pet Shop Boys,
Arab on Radar,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
UT,
Brass Construction,
Kool Moe Dee,
The Divine Comedy,
Joe Finger,
The Pop Group,
The Vogues,
Saccharine Trust,
Radiopuhelimet,
Unrelated Segments,
JFA,
Groovy Waters,
The Standells,
Kerri Chandler,
Slick Rick,
The Fortunes,
Graham Central Station,
Patti Smith,
Cheater Slicks,
Stereo Dub,
Motorama,
Nick Fraelich,
Ohio Players,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Janne Schatter,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
The Walker Brothers,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Suburban Knight,
Yaz,
Tomorrow,
New York Dolls,
Absolute Body Control,
Joensuu 1685,
The Black Dice,
The Smiths,
The Buckinghams,
Rosa Yemen,
The Flesh Eaters,
The Gories,
World's Most,
Loose Ends,
Barry Ungar,
Model 500,
Nils Olav,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Sexual Harrassment,
Basic Channel,
Easy Going,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Litter,
Traffic Nightmare,
Dave Gahan, Dave Gahan, Dave Gahan, Dave Gahan.
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.