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 Angola and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1969 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Jakarta.
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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the marimba 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 JFA to the crunk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Unrelated Segments. All the underground hits.
All Lee Hazlewood tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Heaven 17 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 snare and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Vladislav Delay,
Morten Harket,
Lalo Schifrin,
Fugazi,
FM Einheit,
Barrington Levy,
Depeche Mode,
Mars,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Big Daddy Kane,
Fad Gadget,
The Fire Engines,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Mad Mike,
Interpol,
Reagan Youth,
Gerry Rafferty,
Curtis Mayfield,
Joy Division,
Charles Mingus,
the Association,
The Cramps,
Scott Walker,
Bronski Beat,
Jawbox,
Crash Course in Science,
Chrome,
Ralphi Rosario,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Clear Light,
Rosa Yemen,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Moby Grape,
Bill Wells,
Aloha Tigers,
Panda Bear,
The Real Kids,
Alton Ellis,
Rapeman,
Lakeside,
Soft Cell,
Niagra,
OOIOO,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Residents,
Gang Gang Dance,
Black Bananas,
Sound Behaviour,
Kas Product,
Young Marble Giants,
Skriet,
The Searchers,
Albert Ayler,
Nils Olav,
The Remains,
Ituana,
Gichy Dan,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Dual Sessions,
Faust,
John Cale,
Banda Bassotti, Banda Bassotti, Banda Bassotti, Banda Bassotti.
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.