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 Mongolia and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Tubeway Army to the punk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Quantec. All the underground hits.
All Marcia Griffiths tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Sisters of Mercy record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sixth Finger record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Danielle Patucci,
Symarip,
Kerri Chandler,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Harpers Bizarre,
Drive Like Jehu,
Gregory Isaacs,
Oblivians,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
The Toasters,
Mandrill,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Heaven 17,
The Techniques,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Chrome,
Saccharine Trust,
Section 25,
The Pretty Things,
Marc Almond,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Joe Smooth,
Electric Prunes,
Blossom Toes,
The Sonics,
The Smiths,
The Mighty Diamonds,
UT,
Yusef Lateef,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Minnie Riperton,
Tim Buckley,
Lou Christie,
Avey Tare,
The Vogues,
Barrington Levy,
AZ,
Pierre Henry,
Max Romeo,
Al Stewart,
Charles Mingus,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Aaron Thompson,
Rekid,
Crooked Eye,
Ultimate Spinach,
Nik Kershaw,
EPMD,
Roxy Music,
Dual Sessions,
Bobby Sherman,
The Kinks,
Skaos,
Jacob Miller,
Siglo XX,
Boogie Down Productions,
Ultramagnetic MC's, Ultramagnetic MC's, Ultramagnetic MC's, Ultramagnetic MC's.
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.