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 Micronesia and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1961 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Kevin Saunderson to the electroclash 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 Larry & the Blue Notes. All the underground hits.
All DeepChord presents Echospace 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 disco 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 a harpsichord and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Five Americans record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Amon Düül,
Black Flag,
Terry Callier,
Magma,
Lightning Bolt,
Soul Sonic Force,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
DNA,
Jeff Lynne,
Deakin,
Altered Images,
Ponytail,
Marshall Jefferson,
Bobby Womack,
Moby Grape,
One Last Wish,
Juan Atkins,
Pylon,
Procol Harum,
Second Layer,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Blues Magoos,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Country Teasers,
Todd Terry,
The Red Krayola,
Marcia Griffiths,
Sunsets and Hearts,
AZ,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Television,
Cybotron,
the Swans,
Delta 5,
The Dave Clark Five,
Joe Finger,
Lou Reed,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Nils Olav,
Groovy Waters,
Erasure,
Simply Red,
Clear Light,
Public Enemy,
In Retrospect,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Traffic Nightmare,
Main Source,
Technova,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Grandmaster Flash,
Qualms,
Soul II Soul,
PIL,
Yellowson,
U.S. Maple,
Can,
Ralphi Rosario,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Crispian St. Peters,
Japan,
Kool Moe Dee, Kool Moe Dee, Kool Moe Dee, Kool Moe Dee.
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.