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 Egypt and from Mexico City.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 Robert Palmer 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 Magazine to the punk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Agent Orange. All the underground hits.
All Sixth Finger tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Evens 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Peanut Butter Conspiracy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Andrew Hill,
The United States of America,
Warsaw,
Pantytec,
Section 25,
Reagan Youth,
The Blackbyrds,
Laurel Aitken,
Althea and Donna,
Television Personalities,
Audionom,
B.T. Express,
Letta Mbulu,
The Dirtbombs,
Buzzcocks,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Al Stewart,
the Swans,
Barbara Tucker,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Porter Ricks,
June Days,
Peter and Kerry,
Panda Bear,
Thompson Twins,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Raincoats,
Gerry Rafferty,
Trumans Water,
Talk Talk,
Barclay James Harvest,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Cramps,
Jacques Brel,
Todd Terry,
Glambeats Corp.,
Soul Sonic Force,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
The Music Machine,
Eurythmics,
Basic Channel,
Ronnie Foster,
The Red Krayola,
Minny Pops,
Youth Brigade,
The Searchers,
Oblivians,
Josef K,
The Doobie Brothers,
The Gladiators,
Grauzone,
Blossom Toes,
Stetsasonic,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Soulsonic Force,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Symarip,
The Tremeloes,
Agent Orange, Agent Orange, Agent Orange, Agent Orange.
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.