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 Tunisia and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 guitar 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 Gichy Dan to the techno kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Nils Olav. All the underground hits.
All Technova tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bang On A Can record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sarah Menescal record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Fugs,
Dawn Penn,
Slave,
Barbara Tucker,
AZ,
Outsiders,
Boredoms,
Pole,
Flamin' Groovies,
Fugazi,
The Techniques,
Slick Rick,
David McCallum,
Dual Sessions,
Piero Umiliani,
Jerry's Kids,
Masters at Work,
Kayak,
Scientists,
DNA,
The Durutti Column,
Isaac Hayes,
Soft Machine,
Drexciya,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Anakelly,
Mark Hollis,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Swell Maps,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Gil Scott Heron,
Young Marble Giants,
Frankie Knuckles,
Bang On A Can,
The Human League,
Das Ding,
Roxy Music,
Sun Ra,
Camberwell Now,
The Music Machine,
Roxette,
The Red Krayola,
World's Most,
Zapp,
T. Rex,
Crime,
Nation of Ulysses,
Chrome,
Black Sheep,
MDC,
Rapeman,
Brick,
Fluxion,
Tears for Fears,
Oneida,
Eric B and Rakim,
Ultra Naté,
Eve St. Jones,
Mad Mike,
Delta 5,
Robert Görl, Robert Görl, Robert Görl, Robert Görl.
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.