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 Latvia and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 sitar 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 Ultravox to the grime 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 Robert Görl. All the underground hits.
All Pagans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every AZ record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 linndrum and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Larry & the Blue Notes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Moleskins,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
The Walker Brothers,
X-102,
H. Thieme,
Masters at Work,
Skriet,
The Mojo Men,
Robert Wyatt,
Donald Byrd,
Piero Umiliani,
Arab on Radar,
The Shadows of Knight,
Warren Ellis,
Rakim,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Offenders,
Vladislav Delay,
Basic Channel,
The Angels of Light,
Make Up,
cv313,
Parry Music,
Matthew Halsall,
Kevin Saunderson,
Q and Not U,
Yellowson,
Thee Headcoats,
The Electric Prunes,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Tres Demented,
Hardrive,
Franke,
Accadde A,
Erasure,
Nik Kershaw,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Dead Boys,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Tubeway Army,
Gang Gang Dance,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Television Personalities,
Spoonie Gee,
The Mummies,
DNA,
Moby Grape,
Roger Hodgson,
Depeche Mode,
Gang Green,
Brick,
Colin Newman,
Saccharine Trust,
Trumans Water,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Khruangbin,
Loose Ends,
Smog,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
The Five Americans,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
June Days, June Days, June Days, June Days.
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.