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 Lesotho and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the guitar 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 Simply Red to the electroclash 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 Bootsy's Rubber Band. All the underground hits.
All Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Martian 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 harpsichord and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Standells record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
U.S. Maple,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Television Personalities,
Pagans,
Sex Pistols,
Darondo,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Flesh Eaters,
Joy Division,
The Trojans,
Skaos,
The Beau Brummels,
Q65,
the Germs,
Monks,
Camberwell Now,
Alison Limerick,
Al Stewart,
The Fortunes,
Radio Birdman,
Gang Gang Dance,
Glenn Branca,
Reagan Youth,
Con Funk Shun,
Goldenarms,
One Last Wish,
Unwound,
Skarface,
The Buckinghams,
The New Christs,
B.T. Express,
Fela Kuti,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Grandmaster Flash,
Deepchord,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Essential Logic,
Janne Schatter,
Peter & Gordon,
Marvin Gaye,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Harmonia,
Gang Starr,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Isaac Hayes,
Silicon Teens,
Archie Shepp,
Hot Snakes,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Talk Talk,
Pussy Galore,
Toni Rubio,
Mr. Review,
kango's stein massive,
Howard Jones,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Stetsasonic,
The Associates,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Infiniti,
Barclay James Harvest,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Lungfish, Lungfish, Lungfish, Lungfish.
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.