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 Finland and from Spokane.
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 1969 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 spring reverb 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 Stetsasonic to the funk 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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz. All the underground hits.
All Boz Scaggs tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Human League record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kas Product record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
In Retrospect,
Goldenarms,
Danielle Patucci,
Robert Hood,
OOIOO,
The Monochrome Set,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Flipper,
Ice-T,
The Leaves,
Jandek,
Prince Buster,
Visage,
Yazoo,
Massinfluence,
The Remains,
Quadrant,
Minny Pops,
Drive Like Jehu,
June of 44,
The Neon Judgement,
Frankie Knuckles,
Mad Mike,
Qualms,
Jesper Dahlback,
CMW,
kango's stein massive,
Throbbing Gristle,
Brand Nubian,
The Move,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Cramps,
Aswad,
Scientists,
Magazine,
Skriet,
Tomorrow,
X-102,
Dorothy Ashby,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
AZ,
The Walker Brothers,
Faraquet,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Eric Copeland,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Pop Group,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Faust,
Warsaw,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Mr. Review,
Harmonia,
Davy DMX,
The Offenders,
Essential Logic,
Cluster,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Kerri Chandler, Kerri Chandler, Kerri Chandler, Kerri Chandler.
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.