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 Mozambique and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1960 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz to the dance kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 La Düsseldorf. All the underground hits.
All The Divine Comedy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every a-ha 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Tomorrow,
Aaron Thompson,
Andrew Hill,
Eurythmics,
Radiohead,
Drive Like Jehu,
Eric Dolphy,
The Fuzztones,
CMW,
Scion,
Bobby Byrd,
Skarface,
Fela Kuti,
Skriet,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Pantaleimon,
Tommy Roe,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Crash Course in Science,
Country Teasers,
Wings,
Sound Behaviour,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Kevin Saunderson,
Aloha Tigers,
The Skatalites,
Reuben Wilson,
The Selecter,
R.M.O.,
The Moody Blues,
Prince Buster,
Quadrant,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
The Dead C,
Reagan Youth,
JFA,
Fugazi,
Ronan,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Leonard Cohen,
Dark Day,
One Last Wish,
Todd Rundgren,
Flipper,
The Monochrome Set,
Jawbox,
The Saints,
Procol Harum,
Colin Newman,
Guru Guru,
Jesper Dahlback,
June Days,
Groovy Waters,
Porter Ricks,
A Certain Ratio,
Bluetip,
Q65,
Stiv Bators,
Jeff Lynne,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu, Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu.
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.