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 Solomon Islands and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Scott Walker 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 The Smiths. All the underground hits.
All Marmalade tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every China Crisis 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Guru Guru record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Scott Walker,
Yazoo,
Cymande,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
The Moleskins,
Graham Central Station,
the Bar-Kays,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Blues Magoos,
Moss Icon,
Los Fastidios,
Malaria!,
Minny Pops,
Nik Kershaw,
the Sonics,
H. Thieme,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Shuggie Otis,
Lightning Bolt,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Rhythm & Sound,
Jeff Lynne,
The Cramps,
Sugar Minott,
Al Stewart,
8 Eyed Spy,
Thompson Twins,
Pulsallama,
Nico,
Joey Negro,
Neu!,
Ultra Naté,
Gil Scott Heron,
Jandek,
David Axelrod,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Audionom,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Ossler,
Negative Approach,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Sun Ra,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Inner City,
Bizarre Inc.,
Ultimate Spinach,
kango's stein massive,
Morten Harket,
Q65,
Royal Trux,
Basic Channel,
Roxy Music,
Jawbox,
Crime,
Swans,
Mandrill,
Dark Day,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Terry Callier,
Jimmy McGriff,
UT,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Cecil Taylor,
Lou Reed, Lou Reed, Lou Reed, Lou Reed.
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.