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 Australia and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1960 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Spokane.
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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Bobby Sherman to the grunge 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 Anakelly. All the underground hits.
All Lou Reed & John Cale tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Fifty Foot Hose record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Silicon Teens record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Smiths,
Kenny Larkin,
Scratch Acid,
Boogie Down Productions,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Eric B and Rakim,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Sparks,
Tommy Roe,
Howard Jones,
Minutemen,
Anakelly,
Bronski Beat,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Niagra,
Pere Ubu,
FM Einheit,
Derrick Morgan,
Deepchord,
Suburban Knight,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Pulsallama,
The Raincoats,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Gories,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Evens,
John Lydon,
Sister Nancy,
The Shadows of Knight,
Blancmange,
Funkadelic,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Bush Tetras,
Young Marble Giants,
Pierre Henry,
Model 500,
Lower 48,
Barrington Levy,
Brothers Johnson,
Lalann,
Minor Threat,
Dark Day,
Sandy B,
Massinfluence,
Eurythmics,
Circle Jerks,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Swans,
Bauhaus,
Scientists,
Gabor Szabo,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The Young Rascals,
Chrome,
The Human League,
Andrew Hill,
Minnie Riperton,
The Saints,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron.
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.