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 Estonia and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 New Order to the jazz kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Symarip. All the underground hits.
All Bill Wells tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Manfred Mann's Earth Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sällskapet,
Avey Tare,
Goldenarms,
Brand Nubian,
LL Cool J,
The Standells,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Doors,
Quantec,
Derrick Morgan,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Desert Stars,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Knickerbockers,
Ultravox,
La Düsseldorf,
Reuben Wilson,
June of 44,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Jacob Miller,
Marvin Gaye,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Nick Fraelich,
Delta 5,
Tim Buckley,
The Names,
Popol Vuh,
London Community Gospel Choir,
The Selecter,
Severed Heads,
Mary Jane Girls,
Livin' Joy,
Icehouse,
Scan 7,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Sex Pistols,
Average White Band,
JFA,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Velvet Underground,
The Fall,
Blancmange,
Harry Pussy,
Maurizio,
The Evens,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Techniques,
New Age Steppers,
PIL,
Lower 48,
Sun Ra,
Andrew Hill,
The New Christs,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Barracudas,
Audionom,
Moss Icon,
The Slackers, The Slackers, The Slackers, The Slackers.
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.