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 Benin and from Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1962 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 The Zeros to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Ronnie Foster. All the underground hits.
All Sight & Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Shoche record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a New Age Steppers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Outsiders,
Fad Gadget,
the Human League,
Warren Ellis,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Lyres,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
New York Dolls,
Agitation Free,
10cc,
KRS-One,
In Retrospect,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Godley & Creme,
The American Breed,
Index,
Brand Nubian,
Quadrant,
Brass Construction,
Ralphi Rosario,
Q65,
Marvin Gaye,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Crispian St. Peters,
Interpol,
Harry Pussy,
Gastr Del Sol,
Das Ding,
The Litter,
Letta Mbulu,
Connie Case,
The Fall,
Second Layer,
Franke,
The Mummies,
Gerry Rafferty,
K-Klass,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
June Days,
Skarface,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Mandrill,
Archie Shepp,
Wire,
kango's stein massive,
Michelle Simonal,
Boogie Down Productions,
AZ,
The New Christs,
Kayak,
Radiopuhelimet,
Monolake,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Procol Harum,
A Certain Ratio,
Joe Finger,
Cluster,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Fluxion,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Rufus Thomas,
Kings Of Tomorrow, Kings Of Tomorrow, Kings Of Tomorrow, Kings Of Tomorrow.
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.