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 Tuvalu and from Jakarta.
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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Roger Hodgson to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz. All the underground hits.
All Bizarre Inc. tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Blossom Toes 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 clarinet and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Niagra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Misunderstood,
Mantronix,
Kurtis Blow,
Clear Light,
Neu!,
Technova,
Tears for Fears,
The Searchers,
Spandau Ballet,
Young Marble Giants,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Johnny Osbourne,
Main Source,
Suicide,
Lightning Bolt,
Inner City,
Pylon,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Terrestrial Tones,
AZ,
Bizarre Inc.,
Leonard Cohen,
Fat Boys,
Quantec,
These Immortal Souls,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Minnie Riperton,
Scrapy,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Danielle Patucci,
Derrick Morgan,
Pharoah Sanders,
The Slits,
Skriet,
The Doobie Brothers,
Spoonie Gee,
Alison Limerick,
Dual Sessions,
The Selecter,
Brand Nubian,
Wasted Youth,
Scratch Acid,
Dorothy Ashby,
Moby Grape,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Lungfish,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Bobby Byrd,
Sandy B,
Nico,
Hasil Adkins,
The Wake,
Sällskapet,
Kenny Larkin,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Gang Green,
Amon Düül,
Ornette Coleman,
Yaz,
Infiniti,
Matthew Bourne,
Roxette,
Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd..
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You don't know what you really want.
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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.