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 Belarus and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1968 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the sitar 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 Y Pants to the rap 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 The Techniques. All the underground hits.
All Danielle Patucci tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Soul II Soul record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 harpsichord and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Guru Guru record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lalann,
Todd Rundgren,
The Techniques,
Thompson Twins,
The Star Department,
The Gories,
Index,
Bizarre Inc.,
T.S.O.L.,
The Slackers,
Warren Ellis,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Skatalites,
Camberwell Now,
Joe Finger,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Popol Vuh,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Sight & Sound,
Whodini,
Derrick May,
Chris Corsano,
Bobby Byrd,
Barrington Levy,
The Associates,
Yazoo,
Ohio Players,
Jimmy McGriff,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Fela Kuti,
New Order,
Danielle Patucci,
the Bar-Kays,
Radio Birdman,
Janne Schatter,
Gang of Four,
Audionom,
Archie Shepp,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Robert Hood,
Man Eating Sloth,
Pharoah Sanders,
Y Pants,
Sonny Sharrock,
Tomorrow,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
L. Decosne,
Amon Düül,
Nico,
Jawbox,
The Cowsills,
Dark Day,
F. McDonald,
Black Pus,
Reuben Wilson,
Pierre Henry,
Moby Grape,
Joe Smooth,
Gang Green,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Simply Red, Simply Red, Simply Red, Simply Red.
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.