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 Morocco and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1968 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Doobie Brothers to the grime kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Bootsy Collins. All the underground hits.
All Moss Icon tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Japan record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 an organ and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sly & The Family Stone record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Amon Düül,
10cc,
Lalann,
Matthew Halsall,
The United States of America,
Ralphi Rosario,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Danielle Patucci,
Main Source,
Cheater Slicks,
Youth Brigade,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Fuzztones,
Tears for Fears,
Alton Ellis,
Index,
Trumans Water,
Marc Almond,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Chris & Cosey,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Blossom Toes,
Soft Cell,
Iggy Pop,
Intrusion,
Schoolly D,
Bang On A Can,
Boogie Down Productions,
Bronski Beat,
Skriet,
Dual Sessions,
The Searchers,
Flash Fearless,
Wolf Eyes,
Bluetip,
Rotary Connection,
OOIOO,
Gang Gang Dance,
Jacques Brel,
Sister Nancy,
Thompson Twins,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Sparks,
Model 500,
Jandek,
Nick Fraelich,
Public Image Ltd.,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Goldenarms,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jawbox,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Royal Trux,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
DJ Sneak,
Public Enemy,
The Fall,
The Trojans, The Trojans, The Trojans, The Trojans.
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.