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 Mozambique and from Bremen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Main Source to the disco kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 The Associates. All the underground hits.
All Swans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Johnny Osbourne record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sugar Minott record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Dead C,
Kayak,
The Blues Magoos,
Kool Moe Dee,
Rapeman,
Yusef Lateef,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Cybotron,
Parry Music,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Doors,
Reagan Youth,
Amon Düül II,
One Last Wish,
The Fire Engines,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Erasure,
The Searchers,
Aloha Tigers,
The Red Krayola,
The Sonics,
Tres Demented,
The Toasters,
Television Personalities,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Hasil Adkins,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Stereo Dub,
Dennis Brown,
John Cale,
Pet Shop Boys,
Peter and Kerry,
Joe Smooth,
The Alarm Clocks,
Symarip,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Anakelly,
Scientists,
Make Up,
Patti Smith,
Interpol,
Arthur Verocai,
Ronnie Foster,
Freddie Wadling,
Sam Rivers,
Panda Bear,
Joyce Sims,
Mandrill,
Josef K,
The Evens,
Godley & Creme,
Sister Nancy,
Kerri Chandler,
Guru Guru,
La Düsseldorf,
Dorothy Ashby,
Darondo,
Alison Limerick, Alison Limerick, Alison Limerick, Alison Limerick.
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.