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 Albania and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Glambeats Corp. to the rock 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 New Order. All the underground hits.
All The Zeros tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Deepchord record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Magazine record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jacob Miller,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Hot Snakes,
Bill Wells,
Thompson Twins,
Rufus Thomas,
Pet Shop Boys,
John Cale,
Minutemen,
Circle Jerks,
Graham Central Station,
The Real Kids,
Lindisfarne,
Stetsasonic,
Dual Sessions,
Nick Fraelich,
Eli Mardock,
Skaos,
Pulsallama,
The Star Department,
DJ Sneak,
Yusef Lateef,
Soft Cell,
Boredoms,
The Motions,
Matthew Bourne,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Lucky Dragons,
Fugazi,
Soft Machine,
Pylon,
Amon Düül,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Audionom,
Bluetip,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Crispian St. Peters,
the Swans,
The Monochrome Set,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Gong,
Desert Stars,
Ossler,
Kerri Chandler,
Skarface,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Siglo XX,
The Slits,
The Evens,
The Busters,
Deepchord,
New Age Steppers,
The Gories,
Moby Grape,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Tom Boy,
Banda Bassotti,
Black Moon,
London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir.
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.