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 United States and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 chamberlin 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 Marc Almond to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Sonics. All the underground hits.
All Nico tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Pop Group 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bootsy's Rubber Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
R.M.O.,
Jeff Mills,
Dennis Brown,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Slackers,
Steve Hackett,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Eli Mardock,
Byron Stingily,
The Cramps,
Boz Scaggs,
the Bar-Kays,
Alison Limerick,
D'Angelo,
Alphaville,
U.S. Maple,
The Fire Engines,
Eric Dolphy,
Au Pairs,
Reagan Youth,
The Buckinghams,
Quando Quango,
Liliput,
Boredoms,
Zapp,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Mars,
DJ Style,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Pagans,
Heaven 17,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Associates,
Faust,
the Germs,
Nick Fraelich,
Audionom,
Von Mondo,
The Stooges,
Johnny Osbourne,
Juan Atkins,
Gerry Rafferty,
kango's stein massive,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
The Doobie Brothers,
Davy DMX,
Alton Ellis,
Dead Boys,
Skaos,
Iggy Pop,
Rufus Thomas,
David McCallum,
Bad Manners,
Wings,
Black Moon,
Donald Byrd,
Donny Hathaway,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Animal Collective,
Ossler,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme, Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme, Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme, Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme.
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.