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 Lithuania and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1966 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Delhi.
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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Drexciya to the rap kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan. All the underground hits.
All The Happenings tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pylon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Inner City,
Aloha Tigers,
Delon & Dalcan,
Gil Scott Heron,
Chris & Cosey,
Con Funk Shun,
Unrelated Segments,
Jawbox,
Michelle Simonal,
Grandmaster Flash,
The J.B.'s,
Jeff Lynne,
the Slits,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Das Ding,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Marvin Gaye,
Boredoms,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Radio Birdman,
June of 44,
Joe Smooth,
The Standells,
Thompson Twins,
Black Flag,
Ituana,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Quando Quango,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Crime,
Jeff Mills,
The Fuzztones,
Tommy Roe,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Roy Ayers,
Anakelly,
Icehouse,
Cameo,
Mr. Review,
Amon Düül II,
D'Angelo,
R.M.O.,
The Gap Band,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
John Foxx,
Depeche Mode,
the Human League,
Arab on Radar,
Goldenarms,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Neu!,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Terrestrial Tones,
Zapp,
Cybotron,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
The Residents,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
L. Decosne,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Tomorrow,
Khruangbin,
The Pop Group, The Pop Group, The Pop Group, The Pop Group.
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.