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 France and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Slits to the grime 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 Morten Harket. All the underground hits.
All Bobby Hutcherson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Magma 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lizzy Mercier Descloux record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Flamin' Groovies,
Eli Mardock,
The Trojans,
Davy DMX,
Ultra Naté,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Index,
Chrome,
Yellowson,
Unrelated Segments,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Yaz,
Desert Stars,
Guru Guru,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Saccharine Trust,
Second Layer,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Aswad,
The Flesh Eaters,
Parry Music,
Brass Construction,
Alphaville,
the Normal,
Flash Fearless,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Lower 48,
Intrusion,
Nirvana,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Busters,
Scrapy,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Detroit Cobras,
Arthur Verocai,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Jesper Dahlback,
Bobby Womack,
Easy Going,
Model 500,
Todd Rundgren,
Amon Düül II,
The Cure,
Basic Channel,
Quadrant,
Colin Newman,
Nico,
Gong,
Negative Approach,
Oblivians,
Frankie Knuckles,
Ralphi Rosario,
Shuggie Otis,
The Pop Group,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Gun Club,
Kayak,
Thompson Twins,
Hashim,
Anakelly,
New York Dolls, New York Dolls, New York Dolls, New York Dolls.
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.