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 Estonia 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 1960 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 arpeggiator 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 The Mummies to the rock kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Harmonia. All the underground hits.
All Lakeside tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Adolescents 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Smog record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
R.M.O.,
Television,
Andrew Hill,
Blancmange,
Sight & Sound,
Judy Mowatt,
The Doors,
The Busters,
Kayak,
Ten City,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Sonics,
Scott Walker,
Delon & Dalcan,
Pere Ubu,
OOIOO,
Oblivians,
John Lydon,
The Monks,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Fuzztones,
The Zeros,
Joey Negro,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Sam Rivers,
Soul II Soul,
Connie Case,
10cc,
Tears for Fears,
the Germs,
Radiopuhelimet,
The Neon Judgement,
Neil Young,
Matthew Halsall,
Hoover,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Gastr Del Sol,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Minor Threat,
Jandek,
Junior Murvin,
Archie Shepp,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Associates,
Fat Boys,
Ossler,
Tres Demented,
Das Ding,
Scan 7,
The Standells,
The Moody Blues,
The Mojo Men,
KRS-One,
Grandmaster Flash,
Lightning Bolt,
Porter Ricks,
The American Breed,
Infiniti,
Traffic Nightmare,
Pole,
Bad Manners,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Skarface,
Ohio Players, Ohio Players, Ohio Players, Ohio Players.
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.