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 Uruguay and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Sparks to the rap kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Curtis Mayfield. All the underground hits.
All The Pretty Things tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dave Gahan 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Newcleus record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Con Funk Shun,
Von Mondo,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The United States of America,
Letta Mbulu,
The Skatalites,
Q and Not U,
Amon Düül,
Eddi Front,
Kurtis Blow,
Roy Ayers,
Aural Exciters,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
JFA,
Matthew Halsall,
Scrapy,
Yazoo,
The Busters,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Jesper Dahlback,
Excepter,
Deepchord,
Danielle Patucci,
Nico,
Grauzone,
Henry Cow,
The Fugs,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Soul II Soul,
Oneida,
John Holt,
T.S.O.L.,
The Techniques,
Howard Jones,
Negative Approach,
Chrome,
The Gladiators,
Panda Bear,
Loose Ends,
Lightning Bolt,
ABC,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Groovy Waters,
Accadde A,
Ronan,
K-Klass,
Jawbox,
Idris Muhammad,
The Sound,
Rosa Yemen,
Grandmaster Flash,
Fear,
The Doobie Brothers,
the Soft Cell,
Ultravox,
Todd Terry,
Robert Wyatt,
Johnny Clarke,
Procol Harum,
The Leaves,
The Zeros,
Ituana,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Dave Gahan, Dave Gahan, Dave Gahan, Dave Gahan.
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.