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 Czech Republic and from Tokyo.
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 1969 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Oneida to the techno kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 L. Decosne. All the underground hits.
All Bush Tetras tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every K-Klass 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joe Smooth record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
David Axelrod,
Radiopuhelimet,
Alphaville,
Morten Harket,
Porter Ricks,
The Zeros,
The Mummies,
The Last Poets,
David McCallum,
Section 25,
ABC,
Flamin' Groovies,
Funky Four + One,
Funkadelic,
Ultra Naté,
Spoonie Gee,
Erasure,
Idris Muhammad,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Gabor Szabo,
Man Parrish,
Leonard Cohen,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Joe Smooth,
Gang of Four,
Brick,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Bauhaus,
Trumans Water,
K-Klass,
Icehouse,
Niagra,
Robert Görl,
The Blues Magoos,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
H. Thieme,
Vladislav Delay,
Roxette,
Intrusion,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Dirtbombs,
E-Dancer,
The Sound,
Marcia Griffiths,
Pagans,
The Monochrome Set,
Lindisfarne,
Sonic Youth,
Franke,
Bronski Beat,
Buzzcocks,
Unwound,
Derrick Morgan,
Johnny Clarke,
Flash Fearless,
Crispian St. Peters,
Talk Talk,
Minnie Riperton,
The Raincoats,
the Fania All-Stars,
D'Angelo,
The Blackbyrds,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282.
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.