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 Montenegro and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1962 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Chris Corsano to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Alice Coltrane. All the underground hits.
All the Association tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kings Of Tomorrow record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cybotron record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Amon Düül II,
The Dave Clark Five,
Shuggie Otis,
the Bar-Kays,
Pet Shop Boys,
Newcleus,
The Zeros,
Warsaw,
Rapeman,
Surgeon,
Television Personalities,
Black Moon,
The Fall,
Groovy Waters,
The Selecter,
Dual Sessions,
Jerry's Kids,
Ten City,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Motorama,
Susan Cadogan,
Delon & Dalcan,
Tomorrow,
Pere Ubu,
Nik Kershaw,
Babytalk,
Zero Boys,
Johnny Osbourne,
Ash Ra Tempel,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Faraquet,
Saccharine Trust,
Procol Harum,
Mary Jane Girls,
Metal Thangz,
Ultravox,
The Modern Lovers,
Juan Atkins,
Man Parrish,
The Moleskins,
Theoretical Girls,
The Standells,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Black Pus,
Ponytail,
Gichy Dan,
Godley & Creme,
The Human League,
Ituana,
Country Teasers,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
L. Decosne,
AZ,
Moebius,
Index,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Bootsy Collins,
Q65,
Wolf Eyes,
Nils Olav,
Gang of Four,
The Golliwogs, The Golliwogs, The Golliwogs, The Golliwogs.
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.