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 Solomon Islands and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise 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 1969 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Beijing.
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 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
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 Colin Newman to the grime kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Goldenarms. All the underground hits.
All The Last Poets tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Essential Logic record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Panda Bear record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pantytec,
Gang Starr,
Lalann,
Wasted Youth,
Leonard Cohen,
June Days,
Ludus,
Amazonics,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Flesh Eaters,
Skriet,
Soul Sonic Force,
Alton Ellis,
Anthony Braxton,
Joe Smooth,
David Bowie,
Roger Hodgson,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Theoretical Girls,
Talk Talk,
Crash Course in Science,
Grauzone,
Camberwell Now,
Visage,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
DJ Sneak,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Scion,
Juan Atkins,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Jeff Mills,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Raincoats,
Sister Nancy,
Clear Light,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Laurel Aitken,
Delon & Dalcan,
Easy Going,
R.M.O.,
Brass Construction,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Moleskins,
Rapeman,
Bill Wells,
The Music Machine,
Andrew Hill,
Altered Images,
Dual Sessions,
Scratch Acid,
Alison Limerick,
E-Dancer,
Thee Headcoats,
Roxy Music,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Mo-Dettes,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Radio Birdman,
New Order,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Yellowson,
Bootsy Collins,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon.
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.