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 South Sudan and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1965 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 synthesizer 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 The Slackers to the disco kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Black Sheep. All the underground hits.
All Idris Muhammad tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Susan Cadogan record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Isaac Hayes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rosa Yemen,
Nik Kershaw,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Stereo Dub,
Charles Mingus,
Shuggie Otis,
Bluetip,
The Fire Engines,
Ten City,
The Leaves,
The Misunderstood,
Maurizio,
Lebanon Hanover,
Lalann,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Symarip,
Sparks,
New Age Steppers,
Stetsasonic,
Tom Boy,
The Skatalites,
Bauhaus,
Inner City,
The Raincoats,
Pussy Galore,
The Angels of Light,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
the Normal,
Yusef Lateef,
Metal Thangz,
Reuben Wilson,
Lee Hazlewood,
Unwound,
The Gories,
Mandrill,
A Certain Ratio,
Jeff Mills,
Gang of Four,
Camberwell Now,
Gong,
Girls At Our Best!,
Negative Approach,
Scrapy,
Lucky Dragons,
Mo-Dettes,
The Monochrome Set,
X-102,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Fuzztones,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Selecter,
Theoretical Girls,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Skaos,
Lindisfarne,
Pylon,
Boz Scaggs,
Frankie Knuckles,
Circle Jerks,
Alison Limerick,
Black Sheep,
The Offenders,
Sandy B, Sandy B, Sandy B, Sandy B.
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.