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 Kosovo and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1968 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Vladislav Delay to the grime kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel. All the underground hits.
All The Jesus and Mary Chain tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Television Personalities record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 a clarinet and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Tears for Fears record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Hot Snakes,
Lou Christie,
Matthew Bourne,
Danielle Patucci,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Swell Maps,
Procol Harum,
Soul Sonic Force,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Searchers,
Dave Gahan,
Gang of Four,
Eurythmics,
Hardrive,
Nils Olav,
Rhythm & Sound,
Agitation Free,
Junior Murvin,
Clear Light,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Camouflage,
Moebius,
Tubeway Army,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Aloha Tigers,
Von Mondo,
Prince Buster,
Crash Course in Science,
Rosa Yemen,
Grey Daturas,
The Offenders,
Ornette Coleman,
Bluetip,
Anakelly,
Half Japanese,
Barbara Tucker,
Andrew Hill,
The Sound,
KRS-One,
Matthew Halsall,
The Cowsills,
Connie Case,
The Toasters,
Duran Duran,
Eyeless In Gaza,
The Slits,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Saints,
Adolescents,
Hashim,
Sister Nancy,
Simply Red,
David McCallum,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Zapp,
David Bowie,
Mary Jane Girls,
Eddi Front,
MC5,
Fluxion,
Rekid,
The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy.
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.