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 Jamaica and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1963 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five to the grunge kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra. All the underground hits.
All Rekid tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Reuben Wilson record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Godley & Creme 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?
Blancmange,
Prince Buster,
Outsiders,
Kerri Chandler,
Loose Ends,
Delon & Dalcan,
OOIOO,
New Age Steppers,
L. Decosne,
the Human League,
Johnny Clarke,
The Moleskins,
Ohio Players,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Gerry Rafferty,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Metal Thangz,
Girls At Our Best!,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Marvin Gaye,
Eden Ahbez,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Arcadia,
The Residents,
Easy Going,
Bluetip,
New York Dolls,
Joey Negro,
Gang Green,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Stooges,
The Sound,
Pantytec,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Rotary Connection,
the Sonics,
Khruangbin,
Oblivians,
The Young Rascals,
The Blackbyrds,
Warren Ellis,
Vladislav Delay,
Absolute Body Control,
Barclay James Harvest,
Magma,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Terry Callier,
Bizarre Inc.,
Black Sheep,
Minutemen,
Chrome,
Todd Terry,
Soul Sonic Force,
Lalann,
U.S. Maple,
D'Angelo,
Ultravox,
Audionom,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Barbara Tucker,
Sam Rivers,
Moss Icon,
Quando Quango,
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.