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 Accra.
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 1960 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the mellotron 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 ABC to the dance kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Vladislav Delay. All the underground hits.
All Vaughan Mason & Crew tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Grey Daturas record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
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 Robert Görl record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a güiro.
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,
Rotary Connection,
Barclay James Harvest,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Dead Boys,
Pet Shop Boys,
Erykah Badu,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Donald Byrd,
Bronski Beat,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Moleskins,
The Alarm Clocks,
Talk Talk,
Sam Rivers,
Cybotron,
Darondo,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Gil Scott Heron,
Junior Murvin,
Avey Tare,
Icehouse,
Tropical Tobacco,
Robert Görl,
Index,
Drexciya,
John Lydon,
Unwound,
The Gap Band,
Black Moon,
Sister Nancy,
Amon Düül,
Qualms,
Joensuu 1685,
Negative Approach,
Hoover,
The Dirtbombs,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Radio Birdman,
OOIOO,
Archie Shepp,
Crime,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Throbbing Gristle,
Patti Smith,
Reagan Youth,
Tommy Roe,
Minor Threat,
Tom Boy,
Iggy Pop,
Godley & Creme,
Grandmaster Flash,
Blossom Toes,
Motorama,
JFA,
The Names,
Guru Guru,
Lalann,
Agitation Free, Agitation Free, Agitation Free, Agitation Free.
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.