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 Rwanda and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 sitar 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 Chrome to the funk 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 The Vogues. All the underground hits.
All John Coltrane tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Cecil Taylor 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Shadows of Knight record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Japan,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Black Moon,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Kurtis Blow,
Swans,
The Pop Group,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Deepchord,
AZ,
Scientists,
Roxette,
Royal Trux,
Vainqueur,
Davy DMX,
The Neon Judgement,
Urselle,
Gichy Dan,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Kerri Chandler,
Eric Dolphy,
Cymande,
Half Japanese,
The Five Americans,
Little Man,
Flipper,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Sun Ra,
Unwound,
Q and Not U,
Second Layer,
Crispian St. Peters,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Matthew Halsall,
Lou Reed,
Eden Ahbez,
Gregory Isaacs,
Chris & Cosey,
Josef K,
The Leaves,
Stetsasonic,
Bill Near,
Black Flag,
Bad Manners,
Marvin Gaye,
Youth Brigade,
Average White Band,
the Soft Cell,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Drexciya,
Yaz,
U.S. Maple,
The Names,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Sisters of Mercy,
8 Eyed Spy,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Isaac Hayes,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Wasted Youth,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
R.M.O.,
Sexual Harrassment,
Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp.
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.