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 Nepal and from Taipei.
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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 arpeggiator 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 Absolute Body Control to the rap 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience. All the underground hits.
All Gong tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dead Boys 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Divine Comedy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Funky Four + One,
The Neon Judgement,
Public Image Ltd.,
the Bar-Kays,
Moss Icon,
Nirvana,
Porter Ricks,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Negative Approach,
Quadrant,
Icehouse,
It's A Beautiful Day,
LL Cool J,
Joy Division,
Masters at Work,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
DJ Style,
Michelle Simonal,
Juan Atkins,
The Mummies,
Robert Görl,
Rufus Thomas,
X-101,
Sparks,
Donny Hathaway,
The Happenings,
Brand Nubian,
Eric Copeland,
Lee Hazlewood,
Siglo XX,
Heaven 17,
The Selecter,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Nik Kershaw,
Mission of Burma,
World's Most,
Skaos,
Gastr Del Sol,
Lightning Bolt,
K-Klass,
Brothers Johnson,
Tommy Roe,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
D'Angelo,
Simply Red,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Roxette,
Y Pants,
The Mojo Men,
Popol Vuh,
The Doors,
Q and Not U,
Robert Hood,
Sonic Youth,
Nico,
Reuben Wilson,
Bauhaus,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Hoover,
a-ha,
H. Thieme,
Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX.
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.