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 Liechtenstein and from Winnipeg.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Alton Ellis to the rock kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Lightning Bolt. All the underground hits.
All ABBA tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Nation of Ulysses record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Stetsasonic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
La Düsseldorf,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Bill Wells,
The Motions,
Qualms,
Aaron Thompson,
Radiopuhelimet,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Quantec,
cv313,
The Saints,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Wire,
Frankie Knuckles,
Mark Hollis,
The Young Rascals,
Section 25,
Guru Guru,
Royal Trux,
Grey Daturas,
Alphaville,
The New Christs,
Man Eating Sloth,
Clear Light,
Magma,
Nico,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Jesper Dahlback,
Smog,
Dual Sessions,
Black Bananas,
The Misunderstood,
Television,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
June Days,
Drive Like Jehu,
Gang Green,
Godley & Creme,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
The Flesh Eaters,
Todd Rundgren,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Absolute Body Control,
Kerri Chandler,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Rufus Thomas,
Gang Starr,
Von Mondo,
Juan Atkins,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
U.S. Maple,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Metal Thangz,
The Kinks,
Dave Gahan,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Pussy Galore,
Slave,
Boredoms,
Young Marble Giants,
Trumans Water,
The Dave Clark Five,
Jawbox,
Visage, Visage, Visage, Visage.
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.