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 Croatia and from Manchester.
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 1966 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 linndrum 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 Kurtis Blow to the grunge 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 The Fire Engines. All the underground hits.
All The Trojans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ossler 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 güiro and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soul Sonic Force record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Tommy Roe,
Delon & Dalcan,
Moebius,
Ludus,
The Fall,
Bill Wells,
Youth Brigade,
Judy Mowatt,
Sight & Sound,
Cameo,
Tom Boy,
Eric Dolphy,
The Pop Group,
Morten Harket,
Cybotron,
Aswad,
Swans,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
The Knickerbockers,
Kas Product,
Newcleus,
June of 44,
Amazonics,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Moss Icon,
Soul II Soul,
Brand Nubian,
Piero Umiliani,
Subhumans,
Deepchord,
These Immortal Souls,
Camouflage,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Agent Orange,
Peter and Kerry,
John Foxx,
Niagra,
Soft Cell,
Toni Rubio,
Theoretical Girls,
Amon Düül II,
Surgeon,
Bobby Womack,
Marvin Gaye,
Vainqueur,
Animal Collective,
John Holt,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Echospace,
The Zeros,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Silicon Teens,
Todd Rundgren,
Traffic Nightmare,
Smog,
Scott Walker,
CMW,
Lucky Dragons,
Chris Corsano,
The Slackers,
Anthony Braxton, Anthony Braxton, Anthony Braxton, Anthony Braxton.
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.