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 Delhi.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Rotary Connection to the rock 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 Hasil Adkins. All the underground hits.
All Skaos tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Black Flag 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter and Kerry record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Janne Schatter,
David McCallum,
James White and The Blacks,
Nik Kershaw,
Mary Jane Girls,
Man Parrish,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Litter,
Peter and Kerry,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
ABC,
Mars,
Franke,
Audionom,
Rites of Spring,
Jerry Gold Smith,
the Normal,
Nils Olav,
These Immortal Souls,
Mantronix,
Scrapy,
Ituana,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Duran Duran,
The Dirtbombs,
Con Funk Shun,
Amon Düül,
The Divine Comedy,
Sugar Minott,
Joensuu 1685,
Davy DMX,
Theoretical Girls,
The Blackbyrds,
Jacob Miller,
Khruangbin,
Tropical Tobacco,
Das Ding,
Lebanon Hanover,
Flash Fearless,
Cluster,
Model 500,
Jeff Mills,
Mad Mike,
Yellowson,
The Angels of Light,
The Tremeloes,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Minnie Riperton,
Pagans,
Simply Red,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Toni Rubio,
Silicon Teens,
Intrusion,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
the Slits,
FM Einheit,
The Cramps,
Icehouse,
The Count Five,
Warren Ellis,
Bauhaus,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron.
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.