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 Vietnam and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1967 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Skatalites to the electroclash 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 Aaron Thompson. All the underground hits.
All Electric Prunes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Flash Fearless 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Symarip record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The United States of America,
The Fuzztones,
Traffic Nightmare,
Niagra,
Royal Trux,
Harpers Bizarre,
Girls At Our Best!,
Magma,
The Moody Blues,
A Certain Ratio,
Negative Approach,
Tears for Fears,
Sister Nancy,
Minny Pops,
Tubeway Army,
Juan Atkins,
The Beau Brummels,
The Move,
Stetsasonic,
a-ha,
Skriet,
Deepchord,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Parry Music,
Jesper Dahlback,
K-Klass,
Los Fastidios,
Zero Boys,
The Gun Club,
T.S.O.L.,
Accadde A,
Eric Dolphy,
Ultimate Spinach,
Gang Green,
The Star Department,
The Moleskins,
Cymande,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Rites of Spring,
Wasted Youth,
Cheater Slicks,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Warren Ellis,
EPMD,
Bluetip,
The Fortunes,
Dead Boys,
The Sisters of Mercy,
E-Dancer,
Sun Ra,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Throbbing Gristle,
Albert Ayler,
The Busters,
Basic Channel,
Motorama,
Carl Craig,
Mo-Dettes,
Talk Talk,
Can,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
The Cure, The Cure, The Cure, The Cure.
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.