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 Chad and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1965 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Sao Paulo.
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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
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 Jacob Miller to the rock 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 Dennis Brown. All the underground hits.
All Motorama tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Harmonia record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 linndrum and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jerry Gold Smith record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Unrelated Segments,
Tom Boy,
The Trojans,
Can,
Von Mondo,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Monolake,
Oneida,
Joey Negro,
Susan Cadogan,
Panda Bear,
Soul Sonic Force,
Carl Craig,
Danielle Patucci,
Rod Modell,
The Moleskins,
Anakelly,
The Busters,
Harmonia,
Hoover,
Wings,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
DNA,
Roxette,
ABBA,
Minor Threat,
The Monks,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Alphaville,
Kerri Chandler,
Flipper,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Pylon,
The Red Krayola,
Flash Fearless,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Urselle,
Zapp,
Matthew Halsall,
In Retrospect,
Unwound,
Minutemen,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Eric Dolphy,
Tres Demented,
Wolf Eyes,
Porter Ricks,
Isaac Hayes,
Visage,
Peter & Gordon,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
The Associates,
Letta Mbulu,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Joyce Sims,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Eddi Front,
The Stooges,
The Gories, The Gories, The Gories, The Gories.
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.