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 Cuba and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1969 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Severed Heads to the disco kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Quando Quango. All the underground hits.
All Marmalade tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Minny Pops record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 snare and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Grandmaster Flash record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Skatalites,
The Fuzztones,
The Techniques,
Laurel Aitken,
The Gladiators,
the Sonics,
Isaac Hayes,
The Birthday Party,
Roger Hodgson,
Roxy Music,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Qualms,
Sparks,
Rakim,
Tubeway Army,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Marine Girls,
Eric B and Rakim,
Bizarre Inc.,
Accadde A,
Bobby Sherman,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Simply Red,
Maurizio,
Metal Thangz,
Technova,
Marmalade,
Swans,
David Bowie,
the Bar-Kays,
Archie Shepp,
Altered Images,
The Seeds,
The Dave Clark Five,
a-ha,
Los Fastidios,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Wally Richardson,
Flamin' Groovies,
New Order,
Bush Tetras,
David Axelrod,
Popol Vuh,
Schoolly D,
New York Dolls,
Marc Almond,
The Modern Lovers,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Sound,
EPMD,
Angry Samoans,
Lower 48,
John Foxx,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Talk Talk,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys.
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.