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 Russia and from Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1963 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Kings Of Tomorrow to the jazz 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 Colin Newman. All the underground hits.
All Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ohio Players 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Alison Limerick record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes 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 Normal,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Music Machine,
Television,
DJ Style,
Bang On A Can,
Harry Pussy,
Fad Gadget,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Bronski Beat,
Das Ding,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Livin' Joy,
Niagra,
The Victims,
Piero Umiliani,
Pulsallama,
Glenn Branca,
Jesper Dahlback,
Hot Snakes,
Donald Byrd,
Sandy B,
The Star Department,
Skaos,
Rakim,
Mantronix,
Eric B and Rakim,
L. Decosne,
Accadde A,
The Searchers,
Liliput,
Monolake,
Davy DMX,
Massinfluence,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Schoolly D,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Slackers,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Youth Brigade,
Eric Copeland,
Ossler,
La Düsseldorf,
Lalo Schifrin,
The Sonics,
JFA,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Masters at Work,
Sixth Finger,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Ohio Players,
Lyres,
Organ,
Gong,
Skriet,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Guru Guru,
Harmonia,
Delta 5, Delta 5, Delta 5, Delta 5.
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.