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 Philippines and from Portland.
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 1965 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Little Man to the punk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Flamin' Groovies. All the underground hits.
All The Evens tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dead Boys record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Electric Prunes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gang of Four,
The Real Kids,
Sonic Youth,
Bill Near,
Eric Copeland,
Sam Rivers,
EPMD,
Aaron Thompson,
Blossom Toes,
Ken Boothe,
Jeff Mills,
Mantronix,
Interpol,
Vladislav Delay,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Move,
E-Dancer,
Matthew Bourne,
Das Ding,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Amazonics,
Donny Hathaway,
Laurel Aitken,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Public Enemy,
Scan 7,
R.M.O.,
Juan Atkins,
The Raincoats,
MDC,
Eyeless In Gaza,
X-102,
MC5,
Lalo Schifrin,
Sparks,
Black Moon,
Echospace,
Kool Moe Dee,
Soft Cell,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Judy Mowatt,
Roxette,
Bush Tetras,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Quantec,
Kayak,
Radiopuhelimet,
Swans,
Pole,
Camberwell Now,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Pierre Henry,
Eddi Front,
Ossler,
ABBA,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo, Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo, Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo, Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo.
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.