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 Malawi and from Delhi.
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 1968 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 mellotron 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 Maurizio to the crunk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 The Vogues. All the underground hits.
All The Motions tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Richard Hell and the Voidoids 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Michelle Simonal record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Godley & Creme,
the Slits,
Wire,
Pole,
The Sound,
The Buckinghams,
Popol Vuh,
Johnny Clarke,
Electric Light Orchestra,
These Immortal Souls,
Yaz,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Hasil Adkins,
The Count Five,
The Dirtbombs,
L. Decosne,
Alphaville,
F. McDonald,
Gang Starr,
Essential Logic,
Alison Limerick,
Derrick May,
Amazonics,
Smog,
Depeche Mode,
Lalann,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Maurizio,
Bush Tetras,
Lucky Dragons,
The Moleskins,
Stockholm Monsters,
Eve St. Jones,
The Monochrome Set,
Lebanon Hanover,
Model 500,
Brothers Johnson,
Peter & Gordon,
Pantytec,
Gastr Del Sol,
One Last Wish,
Ronan,
Connie Case,
Hot Snakes,
Soul II Soul,
The Barracudas,
Deepchord,
Radio Birdman,
Kenny Larkin,
the Association,
Tres Demented,
Clear Light,
Echospace,
U.S. Maple,
The Music Machine,
Moby Grape,
Sun City Girls,
Au Pairs,
Kayak,
The Searchers,
Gichy Dan,
Minnie Riperton,
Country Joe & The Fish, Country Joe & The Fish, Country Joe & The Fish, Country Joe & The Fish.
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.