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 Belarus and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle show in London.
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 1965 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 synthesizer 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 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Babytalk. All the underground hits.
All The Residents tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Neil Young & Crazy Horse record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Supertramp,
Interpol,
Darondo,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Nick Fraelich,
Bobby Byrd,
Icehouse,
Procol Harum,
MDC,
E-Dancer,
Reuben Wilson,
The Angels of Light,
Hot Snakes,
Ken Boothe,
Hardrive,
Yaz,
Animal Collective,
The Sonics,
Kool Moe Dee,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Tomorrow,
Reagan Youth,
Guru Guru,
Gil Scott Heron,
These Immortal Souls,
Schoolly D,
The Smiths,
Minor Threat,
Spandau Ballet,
Von Mondo,
Arcadia,
Eyeless In Gaza,
The Cramps,
The Raincoats,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Josef K,
Bill Near,
Q and Not U,
Sun Ra,
JFA,
kango's stein massive,
Joey Negro,
Lightning Bolt,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
D'Angelo,
Alison Limerick,
The Fuzztones,
The Star Department,
Masters at Work,
Derrick May,
Sister Nancy,
Drive Like Jehu,
Warsaw,
Ultimate Spinach,
Unwound,
Rhythm & Sound,
Fear,
The Beau Brummels,
Thompson Twins,
The Modern Lovers,
Funkadelic,
Judy Mowatt, Judy Mowatt, Judy Mowatt, Judy Mowatt.
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.