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 Thailand and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in 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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 Holger Czukay 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 Tom Boy to the dance 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 Smiths. All the underground hits.
All DNA tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sister Nancy record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 harpsichord and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Harpers Bizarre record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nirvana,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Maurizio,
Prince Buster,
Quadrant,
Erykah Badu,
Boz Scaggs,
Matthew Bourne,
Flash Fearless,
Minny Pops,
Laurel Aitken,
Marmalade,
Josef K,
Porter Ricks,
Bobby Womack,
Nick Fraelich,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Harmonia,
Shoche,
Smog,
The Skatalites,
Yusef Lateef,
Cecil Taylor,
The Pretty Things,
Model 500,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Althea and Donna,
Vladislav Delay,
Grey Daturas,
Reagan Youth,
Echospace,
Cymande,
Joe Smooth,
The Monochrome Set,
Eyeless In Gaza,
The Barracudas,
Liliput,
Hot Snakes,
X-102,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Modern Lovers,
the Fania All-Stars,
ABC,
Japan,
Amon Düül II,
Bluetip,
Massinfluence,
Fluxion,
Robert Wyatt,
Index,
Harpers Bizarre,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Jeff Mills,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Faust,
Pantaleimon,
Drexciya,
The Human League,
Connie Case,
The Golliwogs,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
New York Dolls, New York Dolls, New York Dolls, New York Dolls.
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.