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 Nigeria and from Manchester.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Q and Not U to the electroclash 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience. All the underground hits.
All Panda Bear tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Gap Band record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Connie Case record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
One Last Wish,
The Doors,
Section 25,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Scott Walker,
Scratch Acid,
Ten City,
The Fugs,
Fela Kuti,
New Age Steppers,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Robert Görl,
B.T. Express,
The Leaves,
OOIOO,
Cymande,
Parry Music,
Gichy Dan,
Buzzcocks,
Electric Prunes,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Black Flag,
Eddi Front,
The Techniques,
The Dirtbombs,
New York Dolls,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Jandek,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Moss Icon,
Harry Pussy,
U.S. Maple,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
the Fania All-Stars,
Nik Kershaw,
Ossler,
Dark Day,
The Barracudas,
Y Pants,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Terry Callier,
the Germs,
Neu!,
Thee Headcoats,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
cv313,
Matthew Bourne,
The American Breed,
Grey Daturas,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Camberwell Now,
Eli Mardock,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Susan Cadogan,
Blossom Toes,
Stereo Dub,
The Birthday Party,
Harmonia,
The Dave Clark Five,
Echospace,
Lower 48,
Black Bananas,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish, Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish, Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish, Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish.
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.