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 Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Wire show in Watford.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the mellotron 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 Marine Girls to the techno 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 Jerry's Kids. All the underground hits.
All Angry Samoans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Amon Düül record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cluster record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Sonics,
The Searchers,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
B.T. Express,
Massinfluence,
Animal Collective,
The Happenings,
Eli Mardock,
Yellowson,
Rosa Yemen,
Erykah Badu,
Second Layer,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Kerri Chandler,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Deakin,
David Axelrod,
Mandrill,
Circle Jerks,
Motorama,
Dead Boys,
Dark Day,
Flipper,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Country Teasers,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Mojo Men,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Kayak,
June Days,
Jawbox,
Stetsasonic,
Sixth Finger,
The Litter,
Black Sheep,
Bill Near,
The Index,
Godley & Creme,
Pussy Galore,
Nas,
The Young Rascals,
Dennis Brown,
Q65,
The Raincoats,
Anthony Braxton,
Cheater Slicks,
the Sonics,
Colin Newman,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Lyres,
Absolute Body Control,
Panda Bear,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Intrusion,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Lungfish,
Rakim,
The Busters,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy McGriff.
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.