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 Egypt and from Bremen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1962 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Portland.
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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Anakelly to the techno kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Lakeside. All the underground hits.
All Schoolly D tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ultramagnetic MC's record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bobby Sherman record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sparks,
The Monks,
The Angels of Light,
Icehouse,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Divine Comedy,
Wally Richardson,
Susan Cadogan,
Sixth Finger,
Albert Ayler,
Clear Light,
JFA,
Scott Walker,
The Pretty Things,
Urselle,
Stetsasonic,
David Axelrod,
The Index,
Crooked Eye,
Soul Sonic Force,
Carl Craig,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Public Image Ltd.,
Sight & Sound,
kango's stein massive,
Radio Birdman,
The Flesh Eaters,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Livin' Joy,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
X-101,
The Martian,
Glenn Branca,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Kerri Chandler,
The Grass Roots,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
New Age Steppers,
The Busters,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Lalo Schifrin,
Skaos,
Alice Coltrane,
Lou Reed,
Banda Bassotti,
E-Dancer,
Pylon,
DJ Sneak,
Freddie Wadling,
Tim Buckley,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Avey Tare,
Ludus,
Adolescents,
Minor Threat,
Arcadia,
Neu!,
Leonard Cohen,
Au Pairs,
CMW,
Von Mondo,
Jacob Miller,
Brass Construction, Brass Construction, Brass Construction, Brass Construction.
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.