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 Dominican Republic and from Taipei.
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 1962 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Beijing.
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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 Avey Tare to the grime 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 Jeff Mills. All the underground hits.
All Radio Birdman tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every ABC 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Newcleus record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
James White and The Blacks,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Eric Dolphy,
Skarface,
Matthew Bourne,
Bronski Beat,
The Monochrome Set,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Scott Walker,
Bobby Byrd,
The Skatalites,
Sixth Finger,
Section 25,
David Bowie,
June of 44,
Minnie Riperton,
Don Cherry,
Jerry's Kids,
The Durutti Column,
Bush Tetras,
Absolute Body Control,
Chris & Cosey,
Maurizio,
Pagans,
Yusef Lateef,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Sarah Menescal,
LL Cool J,
Sonic Youth,
48th St. Collective,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Peter and Kerry,
E-Dancer,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Vogues,
Metal Thangz,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
China Crisis,
Boredoms,
The Remains,
Deakin,
Graham Central Station,
Niagra,
Josef K,
Ice-T,
FM Einheit,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Public Enemy,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Robert Görl,
Con Funk Shun,
Marshall Jefferson,
the Slits,
Man Eating Sloth,
Theoretical Girls,
CMW,
Slave,
Marc Almond,
The Leaves,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Slick Rick, Slick Rick, Slick Rick, Slick Rick.
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.