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 Uruguay and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1966 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 10cc to the dance kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Quantec. All the underground hits.
All Agitation Free tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Connie Case record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 a snare and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Scott Walker + Sunn O))) record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Pussy Galore,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Flipper,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Oblivians,
Gil Scott Heron,
Mandrill,
Lalann,
Rekid,
Icehouse,
Minny Pops,
Gregory Isaacs,
The Beau Brummels,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Brothers Johnson,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Wasted Youth,
Harpers Bizarre,
Interpol,
Inner City,
Amon Düül,
Half Japanese,
Fela Kuti,
The New Christs,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Mark Hollis,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Mission of Burma,
Agent Orange,
Arab on Radar,
Sandy B,
Delon & Dalcan,
Neil Young,
New York Dolls,
The Golliwogs,
ABC,
Roxy Music,
Main Source,
Ludus,
The Dave Clark Five,
Depeche Mode,
The Martian,
Robert Wyatt,
Slave,
Easy Going,
48th St. Collective,
The Invisible,
Eddi Front,
Goldenarms,
Marcia Griffiths,
Circle Jerks,
Thompson Twins,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
MC5,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
EPMD,
Swell Maps,
Pet Shop Boys,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))), Scott Walker + Sunn O))), Scott Walker + Sunn O))), Scott Walker + Sunn O))).
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.