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 Sweden and from Spokane.
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 1963 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the marimba 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 Tommy Roe to the jazz 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 The Offenders. All the underground hits.
All Tears for Fears tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Notorious Big And Bone Thugs 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bizarre Inc. record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Cramps,
Accadde A,
World's Most,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Yazoo,
Arcadia,
Derrick May,
Morten Harket,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Marmalade,
Mad Mike,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
MDC,
Jacob Miller,
Chris Corsano,
Banda Bassotti,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Zapp,
ABBA,
Moss Icon,
Al Stewart,
Godley & Creme,
Shoche,
Cal Tjader,
Bauhaus,
Lucky Dragons,
Magma,
Jesper Dahlback,
DJ Style,
H. Thieme,
Clear Light,
Urselle,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Bob Dylan,
Jandek,
Big Daddy Kane,
Lindisfarne,
Lalo Schifrin,
Hashim,
The Leaves,
a-ha,
OOIOO,
the Fania All-Stars,
June Days,
Soft Machine,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Ituana,
Donald Byrd,
Black Sheep,
The New Christs,
The Victims,
Archie Shepp,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Skatalites,
Lee Hazlewood,
Fatback Band,
Aural Exciters, Aural Exciters, Aural Exciters, Aural Exciters.
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.