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 Tunisia and from Manila.
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 1961 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 guitar 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 Aaron Thompson to the disco kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Mojo Men. All the underground hits.
All Boredoms tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Cabaret Voltaire 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Donny Hathaway record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Deakin,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Wings,
Surgeon,
Khruangbin,
Symarip,
Faraquet,
Reuben Wilson,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Model 500,
Barry Ungar,
The Names,
Audionom,
Massinfluence,
Ludus,
The Trojans,
Fluxion,
Procol Harum,
Crispian St. Peters,
The Gun Club,
Kool Moe Dee,
Loose Ends,
Infiniti,
Sonny Sharrock,
The Remains,
Echospace,
Mars,
Mission of Burma,
Dave Gahan,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Fortunes,
Prince Buster,
Rekid,
Ponytail,
Desert Stars,
Goldenarms,
Toni Rubio,
Mark Hollis,
Theoretical Girls,
Lucky Dragons,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Boredoms,
Joe Finger,
The Barracudas,
Saccharine Trust,
Skaos,
Letta Mbulu,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Residents,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Yazoo,
Kerrie Biddell,
Jeff Mills,
The Skatalites,
Funky Four + One,
The Sonics,
Half Japanese,
Larry & the Blue Notes, Larry & the Blue Notes, Larry & the Blue Notes, Larry & the Blue Notes.
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.