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 Estonia and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1962 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Hoover to the rock 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 Bobby Womack. All the underground hits.
All Amazonics tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Derrick May record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Delon & Dalcan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Black Pus,
The Barracudas,
Lou Reed,
Sonic Youth,
The Trojans,
Joy Division,
The Gun Club,
cv313,
David Axelrod,
Procol Harum,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Parry Music,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Tremeloes,
Lucky Dragons,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Joensuu 1685,
Supertramp,
Visage,
Aloha Tigers,
Dual Sessions,
Bush Tetras,
Icehouse,
Skriet,
Agitation Free,
The Fuzztones,
Terrestrial Tones,
Bobby Sherman,
The Young Rascals,
Amazonics,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
the Normal,
The Divine Comedy,
Grauzone,
Scratch Acid,
Tubeway Army,
The Alarm Clocks,
New Age Steppers,
Ornette Coleman,
Average White Band,
Ludus,
Gastr Del Sol,
Glambeats Corp.,
Soul Sonic Force,
Eric B and Rakim,
One Last Wish,
Talk Talk,
The Litter,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Lyres,
Thee Headcoats,
The Sound,
Rites of Spring,
Brick,
Brass Construction,
The Smiths,
X-Ray Spex,
Blancmange,
Donny Hathaway,
David Bowie,
La Düsseldorf, La Düsseldorf, La Düsseldorf, La Düsseldorf.
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.