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 Korea North and from Bologna.
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 1961 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 Robert Palmer 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 Siglo XX to the dance kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Ohio Players. All the underground hits.
All Anakelly tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Crime record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sarah Menescal record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Yaz,
David Axelrod,
John Foxx,
Minnie Riperton,
Minor Threat,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Blossom Toes,
Mad Mike,
The Litter,
A Certain Ratio,
Marc Almond,
Marvin Gaye,
Rekid,
Interpol,
Hot Snakes,
Wire,
Jesper Dahlback,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Cluster,
Jawbox,
Au Pairs,
Y Pants,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Cymande,
Hardrive,
The Birthday Party,
Lalann,
Mission of Burma,
Agent Orange,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Scrapy,
Derrick May,
The Leaves,
Ice-T,
U.S. Maple,
Deepchord,
Faraquet,
Siglo XX,
Althea and Donna,
Von Mondo,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Detroit Cobras,
48th St. Collective,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Godley & Creme,
Das Ding,
Zero Boys,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Gun Club,
Popol Vuh,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Eric Copeland,
Faust,
Warsaw,
Soft Machine,
Babytalk,
Thompson Twins,
Subhumans,
Qualms,
Camouflage, Camouflage, Camouflage, Camouflage.
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.