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 Austria and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1964 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 spring reverb 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 The Barracudas to the dance kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Bronski Beat. All the underground hits.
All Cheater Slicks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pagans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Sound record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Slits,
Delta 5,
Bluetip,
Max Romeo,
Whodini,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Jerry's Kids,
Scion,
Tears for Fears,
Circle Jerks,
Flamin' Groovies,
Sugar Minott,
Amon Düül,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Sun City Girls,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Rhythm & Sound,
Theoretical Girls,
The Pretty Things,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Spoonie Gee,
Chris & Cosey,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Kayak,
The Knickerbockers,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Danielle Patucci,
Hashim,
Pussy Galore,
Suburban Knight,
Dave Gahan,
Jeff Lynne,
The Offenders,
Boredoms,
Roxy Music,
The Five Americans,
The Monks,
Grey Daturas,
The Searchers,
MC5,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Oblivians,
Lightning Bolt,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Radiopuhelimet,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
John Foxx,
Scrapy,
Pet Shop Boys,
Livin' Joy,
Soul Sonic Force,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Sällskapet,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Zapp,
Rakim,
the Germs,
Drive Like Jehu,
Lucky Dragons,
Country Teasers,
The Vogues, The Vogues, The Vogues, The Vogues.
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.