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 Vanuatu and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Wire show in Watford.
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 1960 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 clarinet 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 The Stooges to the electroclash 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 Trumans Water. All the underground hits.
All Unwound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 marimba and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Masters at Work,
Danielle Patucci,
Grey Daturas,
Charles Mingus,
Drexciya,
Spandau Ballet,
Johnny Clarke,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Los Fastidios,
Amazonics,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Jeru the Damaja,
the Slits,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Amon Düül,
Mr. Review,
Motorama,
Chrome,
Kerri Chandler,
The Misunderstood,
Pantaleimon,
The Martian,
Stockholm Monsters,
Hardrive,
X-101,
Hot Snakes,
Brand Nubian,
Laurel Aitken,
Eden Ahbez,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Newcleus,
Janne Schatter,
Severed Heads,
Sandy B,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Matthew Halsall,
Ultimate Spinach,
Glambeats Corp.,
Traffic Nightmare,
Sparks,
Sun City Girls,
The Alarm Clocks,
Max Romeo,
Bill Wells,
Mantronix,
Desert Stars,
Rufus Thomas,
Bizarre Inc.,
Cybotron,
The Vogues,
Gil Scott Heron,
Nas,
U.S. Maple,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Alison Limerick,
Sex Pistols,
New Age Steppers,
Shoche,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Clear Light,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family.
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.