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 Ukraine and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Tomorrow to the punk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Zapp. All the underground hits.
All Country Teasers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lower 48 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Divine Comedy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Iggy Pop,
Television Personalities,
B.T. Express,
New York Dolls,
Monks,
Marcia Griffiths,
Outsiders,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Invisible,
The Remains,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Mo-Dettes,
PIL,
Lucky Dragons,
Robert Görl,
Kerri Chandler,
John Cale,
The Monochrome Set,
Bootsy Collins,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Porter Ricks,
Aswad,
Chris Corsano,
Q and Not U,
Peter and Kerry,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Beau Brummels,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Dave Gahan,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Tropical Tobacco,
Pantytec,
Max Romeo,
Robert Wyatt,
Man Parrish,
Severed Heads,
Tommy Roe,
Michelle Simonal,
Marmalade,
The Techniques,
The Associates,
Isaac Hayes,
Mark Hollis,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Pet Shop Boys,
Babytalk,
China Crisis,
The Real Kids,
Gang Starr,
Steve Hackett,
Wire,
Gang of Four,
Quadrant,
Loose Ends,
Crooked Eye,
Dual Sessions,
The Slackers,
Lou Reed,
The Motions, The Motions, The Motions, The Motions.
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.