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 Sri Lanka 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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 Holger Czukay 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 Lakeside to the grime kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Nik Kershaw. All the underground hits.
All Isaac Hayes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sun Ra Arkestra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Barrington Levy,
The Seeds,
Terrestrial Tones,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Mandrill,
New Age Steppers,
DJ Style,
The Smiths,
Hasil Adkins,
Flash Fearless,
Throbbing Gristle,
Siglo XX,
Franke,
The Fall,
Freddie Wadling,
E-Dancer,
Brothers Johnson,
Alice Coltrane,
The Alarm Clocks,
B.T. Express,
Shoche,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Searchers,
Godley & Creme,
Mary Jane Girls,
UT,
Agent Orange,
Nation of Ulysses,
Procol Harum,
Don Cherry,
John Lydon,
Ronnie Foster,
Pulsallama,
cv313,
Rod Modell,
Qualms,
The Happenings,
Talk Talk,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
James White and The Blacks,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Rhythm & Sound,
Bill Near,
Matthew Halsall,
FM Einheit,
Dave Gahan,
Danielle Patucci,
Joy Division,
Thee Headcoats,
Magma,
Black Flag,
Youth Brigade,
Fugazi,
Barclay James Harvest,
R.M.O.,
Fad Gadget,
the Bar-Kays,
Infiniti,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Absolute Body Control,
Eve St. Jones,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Michelle Simonal,
the Swans, the Swans, the Swans, the Swans.
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.