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 Chile and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1961 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 chamberlin 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 Curtis Mayfield to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Sparks. All the underground hits.
All Janne Schatter tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Drexciya 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pussy Galore 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?
Michelle Simonal,
Youth Brigade,
Delon & Dalcan,
Ralphi Rosario,
Zapp,
Rotary Connection,
UT,
D'Angelo,
Eurythmics,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Robert Görl,
The Names,
Black Pus,
Oneida,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Drive Like Jehu,
Charles Mingus,
DJ Style,
The Skatalites,
The Cowsills,
Prince Buster,
The Zeros,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Mummies,
Bronski Beat,
Visage,
Gang of Four,
Lucky Dragons,
The Modern Lovers,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Smog,
Television,
Jerry's Kids,
Lakeside,
Heaven 17,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Harry Pussy,
Country Teasers,
The Remains,
Nas,
Quadrant,
Marmalade,
Roxy Music,
Kayak,
The Smiths,
The Smoke,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Monolake,
Mad Mike,
The Fire Engines,
Ultravox,
The Shadows of Knight,
Todd Rundgren,
Tres Demented,
Joy Division,
8 Eyed Spy,
Jesper Dahlback,
Stereo Dub,
Johnny Clarke,
Swans,
Patti Smith,
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow.
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.