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 Slovenia and from Manchester.
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 1966 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 spring reverb 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 Pharoah Sanders to the electroclash kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 The Pop Group. All the underground hits.
All Depeche Mode tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Gap Band record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jerry's Kids record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Happenings,
Al Stewart,
Gabor Szabo,
Brand Nubian,
The Gun Club,
James White and The Blacks,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Joe Finger,
Sällskapet,
Byron Stingily,
Grey Daturas,
Groovy Waters,
Scion,
Icehouse,
Altered Images,
Blake Baxter,
Slick Rick,
Avey Tare,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Big Daddy Kane,
Easy Going,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Ken Boothe,
Alton Ellis,
MC5,
Parry Music,
Eddi Front,
the Sonics,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
cv313,
Visage,
Danielle Patucci,
Lyres,
The Divine Comedy,
Rites of Spring,
Eric B and Rakim,
Harry Pussy,
Soft Cell,
Gastr Del Sol,
Brick,
Unrelated Segments,
Godley & Creme,
The Real Kids,
Gerry Rafferty,
Susan Cadogan,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Yazoo,
Jeff Lynne,
Robert Hood,
June of 44,
Donald Byrd,
Aural Exciters,
Country Teasers,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
In Retrospect,
Scott Walker,
Nico,
LL Cool J,
John Holt,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Talk Talk, Talk Talk, Talk Talk, Talk Talk.
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.