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 Slovenia and from Manchester.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Jakarta.
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 synthesizer 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 Scientists 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 Altered Images. All the underground hits.
All Dark Day tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pere Ubu 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Colin Newman record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bush Tetras,
Sonic Youth,
Soulsonic Force,
Joensuu 1685,
Barrington Levy,
Vainqueur,
Crispian St. Peters,
The New Christs,
Fluxion,
Zapp,
Metal Thangz,
Rufus Thomas,
Neu!,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
the Association,
Moss Icon,
The Real Kids,
R.M.O.,
Section 25,
Peter & Gordon,
Symarip,
Robert Hood,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Stetsasonic,
Grey Daturas,
Bill Near,
Josef K,
The Grass Roots,
Wire,
Steve Hackett,
Bronski Beat,
Carl Craig,
The Pop Group,
The Remains,
Dave Gahan,
Cluster,
Faraquet,
Crash Course in Science,
Boogie Down Productions,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Japan,
Underground Resistance,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Funkadelic,
Jimmy McGriff,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Country Teasers,
The Angels of Light,
Deadbeat,
Make Up,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Dead C,
Blake Baxter,
Fat Boys,
Peter and Kerry,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Soul II Soul,
Juan Atkins,
JFA,
EPMD,
Q65, Q65, Q65, Q65.
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.