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 Thailand and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1962 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the oboe 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 Hasil Adkins to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 The Star Department. All the underground hits.
All Lucky Dragons tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jawbox record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 a marimba and a theremin 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 synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
the Bar-Kays,
Theoretical Girls,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
The J.B.'s,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
China Crisis,
D'Angelo,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Loose Ends,
Althea and Donna,
Grauzone,
Jerry's Kids,
The Offenders,
David Axelrod,
Amon Düül II,
U.S. Maple,
Angry Samoans,
Junior Murvin,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Donny Hathaway,
Arab on Radar,
Ronnie Foster,
Public Enemy,
The Standells,
Franke,
Lungfish,
Brothers Johnson,
Funky Four + One,
Talk Talk,
Shuggie Otis,
Q65,
Fifty Foot Hose,
David Bowie,
Moby Grape,
H. Thieme,
Anthony Braxton,
One Last Wish,
Black Sheep,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Mission of Burma,
Marvin Gaye,
Pussy Galore,
Lakeside,
Ten City,
X-Ray Spex,
The Divine Comedy,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Man Parrish,
Easy Going,
Pet Shop Boys,
Kerri Chandler,
Eden Ahbez,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
a-ha,
New Order,
The Gories,
Dual Sessions,
The Beau Brummels,
Al Stewart,
Spandau Ballet,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo.
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.