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 Finland and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 Lalo Schifrin to the dance 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 Notorious Big And Bone Thugs. All the underground hits.
All Minny Pops tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Circle Jerks record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jesper Dahlback record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Fugs,
Delon & Dalcan,
Nick Fraelich,
Bronski Beat,
Sonic Youth,
Fatback Band,
the Sonics,
Vainqueur,
Thompson Twins,
Throbbing Gristle,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Nils Olav,
The Angels of Light,
Duran Duran,
Lou Reed,
Aswad,
Rotary Connection,
Crime,
The Offenders,
Boz Scaggs,
Simply Red,
Von Mondo,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Rod Modell,
Josef K,
Public Enemy,
Royal Trux,
The Kinks,
Crispy Ambulance,
This Heat,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Yellowson,
Aural Exciters,
David McCallum,
Derrick May,
Black Flag,
D'Angelo,
Bobby Sherman,
Ultravox,
The Cowsills,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Hardrive,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Electric Prunes,
Ultimate Spinach,
Moby Grape,
The Pretty Things,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Funkadelic,
Reagan Youth,
H. Thieme,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Kurtis Blow,
Robert Görl,
PIL,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Easy Going,
Groovy Waters, Groovy Waters, Groovy Waters, Groovy Waters.
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.