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 Ukraine and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise 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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Animal Collective to the grunge kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Crime. All the underground hits.
All Wolf Eyes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Marvin Gaye record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Suburban Knight record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Janne Schatter,
The Stooges,
Zapp,
Davy DMX,
The Angels of Light,
John Coltrane,
Japan,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Dave Clark Five,
Toni Rubio,
Hoover,
Scott Walker,
cv313,
Robert Görl,
Supertramp,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Robert Hood,
Parry Music,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Peter and Kerry,
Howard Jones,
Erykah Badu,
Porter Ricks,
Moss Icon,
June of 44,
Deepchord,
Bang On A Can,
Grey Daturas,
Spoonie Gee,
Monks,
Dave Gahan,
The Gories,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Can,
Hashim,
The Flesh Eaters,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Lower 48,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Spandau Ballet,
Joyce Sims,
New Order,
Motorama,
The Offenders,
Rekid,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Model 500,
Pharoah Sanders,
The Index,
Ultravox,
The Velvet Underground,
Joensuu 1685,
Minutemen,
Rites of Spring,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Joey Negro,
ABBA,
The Fuzztones,
Babytalk,
New Age Steppers,
Hardrive,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago.
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.