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 Nigeria and from Milan.
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 1968 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 harpsichord 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 Circle Jerks to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Infiniti. All the underground hits.
All K-Klass tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Flipper 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jeff Mills record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Matthew Halsall,
Althea and Donna,
Nico,
JFA,
Average White Band,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Kevin Saunderson,
Michelle Simonal,
Pole,
cv313,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Sound,
Gang Green,
Joe Finger,
Quantec,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
June Days,
The Cramps,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Roy Ayers,
The Toasters,
Flipper,
Dawn Penn,
Fatback Band,
Sugar Minott,
The Gap Band,
Crime,
Delon & Dalcan,
Tomorrow,
Chris & Cosey,
The Litter,
Lou Christie,
Masters at Work,
Fluxion,
The American Breed,
Mr. Review,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Pantaleimon,
Smog,
Yusef Lateef,
Babytalk,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Absolute Body Control,
Pantytec,
a-ha,
Ponytail,
Deadbeat,
Cal Tjader,
Thompson Twins,
Lucky Dragons,
X-101,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Fugs,
Janne Schatter,
Interpol,
Robert Görl,
Blossom Toes,
Lee Hazlewood,
The Raincoats,
Basic Channel,
Malaria!,
Duran Duran, Duran Duran, Duran Duran, Duran Duran.
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.