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 Lebanon and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1965 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Arab on Radar to the dance 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 Subhumans. All the underground hits.
All The Offenders 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 electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Quando Quango record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Henry Cow,
Joey Negro,
Ultimate Spinach,
Swans,
Dead Boys,
Grey Daturas,
OOIOO,
Motorama,
Electric Light Orchestra,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Colin Newman,
Oblivians,
Scratch Acid,
X-101,
LL Cool J,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Fall,
The Fire Engines,
Bobby Byrd,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Von Mondo,
The Modern Lovers,
Shoche,
The Knickerbockers,
Simply Red,
Chris & Cosey,
Rekid,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Delon & Dalcan,
Supertramp,
The Mojo Men,
Drexciya,
Archie Shepp,
The Seeds,
Deadbeat,
Cluster,
Flamin' Groovies,
Basic Channel,
Lucky Dragons,
Jacob Miller,
John Coltrane,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Radio Birdman,
Radiohead,
Lalo Schifrin,
Gang Gang Dance,
Nico,
Skarface,
The Red Krayola,
Alphaville,
Kayak,
Chrome,
Severed Heads,
David Axelrod,
Sparks,
The Happenings,
Lower 48,
Bang On A Can,
The Pop Group,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Procol Harum,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.