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 Finland and from Halifax.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Wire show in Watford.
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 1963 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Spokane.
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 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the mellotron 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 The Mojo Men to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Blossom Toes. All the underground hits.
All DeepChord presents Echospace tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every China Crisis record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 guitar and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Cramps record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Robert Görl,
Yazoo,
The Moleskins,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Rakim,
Joy Division,
Nick Fraelich,
Bronski Beat,
Aaron Thompson,
Nico,
Babytalk,
Eve St. Jones,
The Cramps,
Thompson Twins,
The J.B.'s,
Kurtis Blow,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Aloha Tigers,
Scrapy,
Delon & Dalcan,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Yellowson,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
The Busters,
Tim Buckley,
Lalann,
The Birthday Party,
Faraquet,
The Techniques,
E-Dancer,
Kevin Saunderson,
Vladislav Delay,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Knickerbockers,
Adolescents,
Rufus Thomas,
Alphaville,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Subhumans,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Los Fastidios,
Von Mondo,
Curtis Mayfield,
Flipper,
Rekid,
Grey Daturas,
David McCallum,
Khruangbin,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Hashim,
Dead Boys,
Ituana,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Piero Umiliani,
U.S. Maple,
Theoretical Girls,
John Foxx,
Barry Ungar,
Leonard Cohen,
Sound Behaviour,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth.
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.