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 Malta and from Shanghai.
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 1969 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the guitar 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 The Flesh Eaters to the crunk 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 Little Man. All the underground hits.
All Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Tom Boy record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 marimba and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a DJ Sneak record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Q65,
Sound Behaviour,
The Fuzztones,
The Barracudas,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
The Tremeloes,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Television Personalities,
Quadrant,
Essential Logic,
Joensuu 1685,
Wire,
The Human League,
Amon Düül,
Ossler,
Lightning Bolt,
Con Funk Shun,
Guru Guru,
Slave,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Wally Richardson,
The Martian,
Lou Christie,
Mars,
H. Thieme,
Newcleus,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Moody Blues,
Buzzcocks,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Fad Gadget,
Maurizio,
Jawbox,
X-Ray Spex,
New Age Steppers,
Gang Green,
Slick Rick,
The Young Rascals,
MDC,
Lalo Schifrin,
Electric Prunes,
The American Breed,
The Beau Brummels,
Althea and Donna,
Echospace,
The Golliwogs,
Hasil Adkins,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Matthew Halsall,
Magma,
Reagan Youth,
Malaria!,
Agitation Free,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Cure,
Gang Starr,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Mark Hollis,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Spandau Ballet,
DJ Style,
The Alarm Clocks,
Glambeats Corp.,
Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force.
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.