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 Philippines and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1964 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Fugs to the techno kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 The Fortunes. All the underground hits.
All Supertramp tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Amon Düül record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Radiohead 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?
Bobby Womack,
Yazoo,
Judy Mowatt,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Fad Gadget,
Silicon Teens,
Fela Kuti,
Moss Icon,
The Dead C,
Rekid,
Gang of Four,
Oneida,
Yusef Lateef,
Deepchord,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Rapeman,
Agitation Free,
Soft Cell,
Urselle,
Graham Central Station,
Shuggie Otis,
Anthony Braxton,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Colin Newman,
Michelle Simonal,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Peter and Kerry,
R.M.O.,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Banda Bassotti,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Boz Scaggs,
Wally Richardson,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Lou Christie,
The Associates,
Newcleus,
Chris & Cosey,
H. Thieme,
Ultimate Spinach,
Lightning Bolt,
June of 44,
Animal Collective,
Pagans,
Guru Guru,
Duran Duran,
Jandek,
Roxy Music,
the Swans,
Pierre Henry,
the Slits,
The Monks,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Brick,
Ornette Coleman,
Joensuu 1685,
Kurtis Blow,
LL Cool J,
Nick Fraelich,
ABC,
Bootsy Collins, Bootsy Collins, Bootsy Collins, Bootsy Collins.
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.