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 Spain and from Houston.
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 1968 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 OOIOO to the funk 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 Angels of Light & Akron/Family. All the underground hits.
All Kango’s Stein Massive tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gang Green record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Deadbeat record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sonny Sharrock,
Minny Pops,
Joyce Sims,
Dual Sessions,
The Slits,
Absolute Body Control,
Mary Jane Girls,
Steve Hackett,
Adolescents,
The Associates,
Eden Ahbez,
Michelle Simonal,
The Fortunes,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Raincoats,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Don Cherry,
Gang of Four,
Agent Orange,
Organ,
Curtis Mayfield,
ABC,
Roy Ayers,
Jandek,
Skarface,
Marc Almond,
Television,
The American Breed,
Suburban Knight,
Schoolly D,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Gories,
Motorama,
Marvin Gaye,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Slick Rick,
Fear,
Byron Stingily,
Gabor Szabo,
Buzzcocks,
U.S. Maple,
Dead Boys,
The Mojo Men,
James White and The Blacks,
The Blues Magoos,
E-Dancer,
Fela Kuti,
Fatback Band,
La Düsseldorf,
Procol Harum,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Japan,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
The Gap Band,
Chrome,
David Axelrod,
Funkadelic,
The Red Krayola,
Bill Wells,
Tim Buckley,
Au Pairs,
Spoonie Gee,
Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica.
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.