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 Seychelles and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1960 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 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 Lou Christie to the rock kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Magma. All the underground hits.
All Guru Guru 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 electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gong record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Johnny Clarke,
Audionom,
Ultra Naté,
Lalo Schifrin,
Nation of Ulysses,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Echospace,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Guru Guru,
The Gap Band,
Amon Düül II,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Metal Thangz,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Bobby Byrd,
The Divine Comedy,
Erasure,
Rapeman,
The Smoke,
T.S.O.L.,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Panda Bear,
Bang On A Can,
The Sound,
Bizarre Inc.,
Malaria!,
Shuggie Otis,
The Standells,
Girls At Our Best!,
Roxette,
Maurizio,
June Days,
Vainqueur,
Eric Copeland,
Negative Approach,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Iggy Pop,
Terry Callier,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Gun Club,
Anthony Braxton,
a-ha,
The Toasters,
Joe Finger,
Livin' Joy,
Skriet,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Tim Buckley,
Fluxion,
Warsaw,
Soft Cell,
Au Pairs,
Todd Rundgren,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Todd Terry,
Al Stewart,
Subhumans,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Surgeon,
Marc Almond,
Yusef Lateef,
Patti Smith, Patti Smith, Patti Smith, Patti Smith.
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.