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 Belize and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1966 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 The Seeds to the techno kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Chris & Cosey. All the underground hits.
All Section 25 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Excepter record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 an organ and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Malaria! record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rhythm & Sound,
Al Stewart,
The Selecter,
The Fall,
Flipper,
Patti Smith,
Negative Approach,
Pere Ubu,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Radio Birdman,
Matthew Halsall,
Dark Day,
Derrick May,
The Monochrome Set,
Henry Cow,
Michelle Simonal,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Parry Music,
Bob Dylan,
Barbara Tucker,
Can,
X-102,
MC5,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Techniques,
Carl Craig,
Infiniti,
The Divine Comedy,
The Count Five,
Godley & Creme,
Hot Snakes,
The Angels of Light,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Todd Terry,
Loose Ends,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Depeche Mode,
Colin Newman,
Man Parrish,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
B.T. Express,
Rotary Connection,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
FM Einheit,
Throbbing Gristle,
Surgeon,
Stetsasonic,
Chrome,
Wings,
The Sisters of Mercy,
David McCallum,
Blossom Toes,
Von Mondo,
The Leaves,
Angry Samoans,
David Bowie,
Lalo Schifrin,
Duran Duran,
Hasil Adkins,
Dennis Brown,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Gang Gang Dance,
Eve St. Jones,
The Trojans, The Trojans, The Trojans, The Trojans.
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.