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 Slovenia and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Manila.
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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Peter & Gordon to the grunge kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Flesh Eaters. All the underground hits.
All Minnie Riperton tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lou Christie record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Mighty Diamonds record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rhythm & Sound,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
the Sonics,
Section 25,
Mandrill,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Mad Mike,
Youth Brigade,
Tomorrow,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Interpol,
Vainqueur,
MC5,
The Offenders,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
ABC,
Harpers Bizarre,
Danielle Patucci,
Gang Gang Dance,
Porter Ricks,
Khruangbin,
T. Rex,
Ice-T,
Barrington Levy,
The Grass Roots,
One Last Wish,
Bronski Beat,
The Saints,
Sister Nancy,
Iggy Pop,
Sixth Finger,
The Real Kids,
Scrapy,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Von Mondo,
Tom Boy,
The Smiths,
Skaos,
Jawbox,
Rekid,
Monks,
The Five Americans,
Thompson Twins,
Howard Jones,
The Black Dice,
Maurizio,
Infiniti,
The Doors,
A Certain Ratio,
The Move,
Amon Düül,
MDC,
Alison Limerick,
Bobby Byrd,
Girls At Our Best!,
Darondo,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
James White and The Blacks,
Chrome,
Eric B and Rakim,
Jandek,
Agent Orange,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines, Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines, Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines, Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines.
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.