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 Dominican Republic and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1966 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 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 Qualms to the crunk 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 Jandek. All the underground hits.
All Spandau Ballet tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sun City Girls record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gerry Rafferty record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bush Tetras,
Icehouse,
The Last Poets,
Jawbox,
Sun Ra,
DJ Style,
Boredoms,
Nas,
Absolute Body Control,
Rapeman,
Jandek,
Gang Starr,
Young Marble Giants,
Television Personalities,
Connie Case,
Prince Buster,
Bob Dylan,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
James White and The Blacks,
Rosa Yemen,
Excepter,
Radiopuhelimet,
Jerry's Kids,
Reuben Wilson,
Flamin' Groovies,
Bill Wells,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Rakim,
Johnny Clarke,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Blancmange,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Motorama,
The Beau Brummels,
Reagan Youth,
E-Dancer,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Derrick May,
Marshall Jefferson,
Marc Almond,
Eric Copeland,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Grey Daturas,
The Walker Brothers,
Mark Hollis,
The Detroit Cobras,
Can,
Bootsy Collins,
Fatback Band,
The Doors,
Letta Mbulu,
Yazoo,
Nils Olav,
Severed Heads,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Susan Cadogan,
Thompson Twins,
8 Eyed Spy,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Q65,
Gregory Isaacs,
Pere Ubu, Pere Ubu, Pere Ubu, Pere Ubu.
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.