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 Antigua and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1961 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 chamberlin 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 Heavy D & The Boyz to the grime 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 Prince Buster. All the underground hits.
All The Monochrome Set tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Busters record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 an organ and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Half Japanese record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Adolescents,
Lalann,
Vladislav Delay,
The Leaves,
Lakeside,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Graham Central Station,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Technova,
The Gladiators,
Surgeon,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Lightning Bolt,
Trumans Water,
Spandau Ballet,
Franke,
ABC,
Oblivians,
Minny Pops,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Theoretical Girls,
Gil Scott Heron,
Throbbing Gristle,
Pierre Henry,
Sugar Minott,
FM Einheit,
Connie Case,
Joensuu 1685,
The Shadows of Knight,
The Music Machine,
Outsiders,
Unrelated Segments,
Gong,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Kenny Larkin,
Al Stewart,
Cheater Slicks,
Cymande,
Stereo Dub,
The Mummies,
Reuben Wilson,
Deakin,
Brass Construction,
Dave Gahan,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Velvet Underground,
The Remains,
Drexciya,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Wolf Eyes,
Joe Finger,
Minutemen,
the Sonics,
The Martian,
Pere Ubu,
Robert Hood,
Juan Atkins,
Bad Manners,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Amon Düül II, Amon Düül II, Amon Düül II, Amon Düül II.
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.