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 Mauritius and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 mellotron 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 X-102 to the grime 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 Chrome. All the underground hits.
All Ralphi Rosario tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mantronix record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 snare and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Spandau Ballet record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cluster,
The Young Rascals,
Rufus Thomas,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Bobby Sherman,
Charles Mingus,
Gong,
The Zeros,
Eddi Front,
Chris & Cosey,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Joe Smooth,
Loose Ends,
Flash Fearless,
The Cure,
Hardrive,
Lou Christie,
Suburban Knight,
Clear Light,
Outsiders,
Alison Limerick,
Flipper,
The Stooges,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Mo-Dettes,
The Black Dice,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Scion,
Amazonics,
Maurizio,
Eric B and Rakim,
Gang Starr,
Quando Quango,
The Shadows of Knight,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Soul Sonic Force,
Eurythmics,
Marmalade,
The Move,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Mojo Men,
The Litter,
Scan 7,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
MC5,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Minny Pops,
Make Up,
Peter & Gordon,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
T.S.O.L.,
Roxette,
Mr. Review,
Dual Sessions,
Drexciya,
Bobby Byrd,
Erasure,
The Birthday Party,
Junior Murvin,
Eve St. Jones,
Stereo Dub, Stereo Dub, Stereo Dub, Stereo Dub.
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.