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 Macedonia and from Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 theremin 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 Electric Light Orchestra to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Nico. All the underground hits.
All Darondo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Skaos 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jimmy McGriff record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Index,
Alice Coltrane,
Wings,
Sugar Minott,
Accadde A,
The Angels of Light,
Lindisfarne,
Main Source,
Bang On A Can,
Trumans Water,
Half Japanese,
Depeche Mode,
The Doors,
New York Dolls,
Alison Limerick,
Agent Orange,
Mo-Dettes,
Pet Shop Boys,
Sparks,
Icehouse,
The Cowsills,
Rod Modell,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Yellowson,
Hot Snakes,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Connie Case,
Cluster,
Scott Walker,
June of 44,
The Grass Roots,
Harpers Bizarre,
Deepchord,
T. Rex,
Roxette,
Derrick Morgan,
The Searchers,
Arthur Verocai,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Johnny Clarke,
Lyres,
Scrapy,
The Monks,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Radio Birdman,
Massinfluence,
X-Ray Spex,
The Velvet Underground,
Terry Callier,
E-Dancer,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Q65,
In Retrospect,
Camberwell Now,
Rufus Thomas,
Banda Bassotti,
Lonnie Liston Smith, Lonnie Liston Smith, Lonnie Liston Smith, Lonnie Liston Smith.
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.