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 Lebanon and from Houston.
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 1964 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 mellotron 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 Terrestrial Tones to the dance 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 Bush Tetras. All the underground hits.
All The Fall tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Toasters 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kool Moe Dee record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gong,
Lebanon Hanover,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Juan Atkins,
Grey Daturas,
Anthony Braxton,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Fugazi,
Aswad,
cv313,
The Standells,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Kool Moe Dee,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Dave Clark Five,
Man Parrish,
Cameo,
Ponytail,
Sonic Youth,
Harpers Bizarre,
Reuben Wilson,
The Blackbyrds,
Moss Icon,
Grauzone,
Graham Central Station,
Reagan Youth,
Gregory Isaacs,
Rekid,
Fat Boys,
Negative Approach,
Ultimate Spinach,
Todd Rundgren,
Rufus Thomas,
Suicide,
Silicon Teens,
Lindisfarne,
Vladislav Delay,
Stereo Dub,
LL Cool J,
Mission of Burma,
Rotary Connection,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Heaven 17,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Names,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Residents,
Matthew Bourne,
Model 500,
Wire,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Altered Images,
Lyres,
Scientists,
Davy DMX,
Little Man,
Prince Buster,
These Immortal Souls,
The Index,
Terrestrial Tones, Terrestrial Tones, Terrestrial Tones, Terrestrial Tones.
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.