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 Tanzania and from Copenhagen.
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 1961 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Reagan Youth to the crunk 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 Pantytec. All the underground hits.
All Amazonics tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Slave 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gregory Isaacs record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord 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 Monochrome Set,
Echospace,
Steve Hackett,
a-ha,
The Blackbyrds,
Wally Richardson,
Nation of Ulysses,
Boredoms,
Prince Buster,
JFA,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Zapp,
Jawbox,
Groovy Waters,
Chris & Cosey,
Slick Rick,
Desert Stars,
Blossom Toes,
Bluetip,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
the Sonics,
The Litter,
Intrusion,
L. Decosne,
Althea and Donna,
Idris Muhammad,
Albert Ayler,
Shoche,
Joy Division,
The Pop Group,
Joe Smooth,
The Buckinghams,
Lyres,
Susan Cadogan,
kango's stein massive,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Qualms,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Jandek,
Silicon Teens,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Gladiators,
Fluxion,
the Swans,
FM Einheit,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Funky Four + One,
Cecil Taylor,
Brand Nubian,
The Invisible,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Little Man,
The Star Department,
Rotary Connection,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Arcadia,
The Misunderstood,
CMW,
Gerry Rafferty,
Bobby Sherman,
Max Romeo,
Average White Band,
Agent Orange,
Delta 5, Delta 5, Delta 5, Delta 5.
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.