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 China and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 The Mighty Diamonds to the electroclash 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 Donald Byrd. All the underground hits.
All The Busters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rahsaan Roland Kirk record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Suburban Knight record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Human League,
Talk Talk,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Warren Ellis,
Dorothy Ashby,
The Doobie Brothers,
The Shadows of Knight,
Jesper Dahlback,
Thompson Twins,
Stiv Bators,
Procol Harum,
The Dirtbombs,
Thee Headcoats,
Swell Maps,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Smog,
Be Bop Deluxe,
DJ Sneak,
Yusef Lateef,
Al Stewart,
Hashim,
The Alarm Clocks,
Johnny Osbourne,
The American Breed,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jawbox,
Brass Construction,
Whodini,
Livin' Joy,
Frankie Knuckles,
Sun City Girls,
Wire,
Babytalk,
The Searchers,
John Lydon,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Intrusion,
Pet Shop Boys,
Camouflage,
Adolescents,
The Standells,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Saints,
Letta Mbulu,
These Immortal Souls,
Ronan,
Barry Ungar,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Barrington Levy,
The Barracudas,
Grey Daturas,
LL Cool J,
Crash Course in Science,
Derrick May,
Slick Rick,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Scrapy,
Qualms,
The Names,
Cymande, Cymande, Cymande, Cymande.
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.