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 Singapore and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines to the grime 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 Selector Dub Narcotic. All the underground hits.
All Warren Ellis tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Modern Lovers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Delta 5 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
A Certain Ratio,
Skarface,
Leonard Cohen,
Spoonie Gee,
10cc,
Kool Moe Dee,
Sun City Girls,
Interpol,
Talk Talk,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Youth Brigade,
Rekid,
Barbara Tucker,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
the Swans,
Quadrant,
Charles Mingus,
Animal Collective,
Erykah Badu,
Sam Rivers,
Cheater Slicks,
The Real Kids,
Von Mondo,
Crooked Eye,
Crispy Ambulance,
Davy DMX,
Agitation Free,
B.T. Express,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
L. Decosne,
Gang Gang Dance,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Yaz,
Lakeside,
Hasil Adkins,
Cybotron,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Joy Division,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Pantytec,
Roy Ayers,
Radiohead,
New Age Steppers,
Tom Boy,
Public Enemy,
Khruangbin,
Ultimate Spinach,
Motorama,
The Slits,
a-ha,
New York Dolls,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Can,
The Techniques,
The Vogues,
Ronan,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson.
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.