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 Cyprus and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1962 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 linndrum 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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz to the punk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 John Holt. All the underground hits.
All Technova tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Agitation Free record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pet Shop Boys record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Schoolly D,
Drexciya,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Iggy Pop,
Howard Jones,
Tom Boy,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
The Doobie Brothers,
Silicon Teens,
Junior Murvin,
The Litter,
Lalann,
Dennis Brown,
Isaac Hayes,
Scientists,
Porter Ricks,
New York Dolls,
The Fire Engines,
Outsiders,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Thompson Twins,
Franke,
Jeru the Damaja,
Con Funk Shun,
Icehouse,
Guru Guru,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
La Düsseldorf,
Talk Talk,
Sun City Girls,
Quando Quango,
Lou Christie,
Ronnie Foster,
Pylon,
Rotary Connection,
Erasure,
Grauzone,
Quantec,
OOIOO,
Infiniti,
LL Cool J,
Morten Harket,
Nirvana,
Hashim,
Cymande,
Sonic Youth,
Patti Smith,
Wasted Youth,
The Techniques,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Birthday Party,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Barrington Levy,
Urselle,
Model 500,
One Last Wish,
Pierre Henry,
Joyce Sims,
Country Teasers,
10cc, 10cc, 10cc, 10cc.
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.