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 Kyrgyzstan and from Tokyo.
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 1962 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Loose Ends to the funk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Crispy Ambulance. All the underground hits.
All Arthur Verocai tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every World's Most record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Amon Düül II record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
cv313,
Ronnie Foster,
Agitation Free,
Amon Düül,
Pet Shop Boys,
Saccharine Trust,
Joe Smooth,
Stetsasonic,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
One Last Wish,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Laurel Aitken,
The Slackers,
Sight & Sound,
Leonard Cohen,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Sixth Finger,
The Raincoats,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
T. Rex,
Davy DMX,
China Crisis,
Soul II Soul,
Glenn Branca,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Tom Boy,
The Smoke,
Lou Reed,
MC5,
Bobby Byrd,
Harmonia,
New Order,
Symarip,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
The Cure,
Nick Fraelich,
Marshall Jefferson,
Idris Muhammad,
Sandy B,
Juan Atkins,
Babytalk,
Hasil Adkins,
Robert Hood,
Basic Channel,
Cybotron,
Maurizio,
LL Cool J,
Eddi Front,
The Litter,
Agent Orange,
These Immortal Souls,
Moebius,
Fear,
The Techniques,
David McCallum,
Das Ding,
Cymande,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Sound Behaviour,
Alice Coltrane,
Slave,
Fad Gadget,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.