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 Australia and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1969 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Jandek to the disco kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Evens. All the underground hits.
All Traffic Nightmare tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Todd Terry record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 theremin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Silicon Teens record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Althea and Donna,
Schoolly D,
Kayak,
Pantytec,
The Barracudas,
The Fuzztones,
Godley & Creme,
The Mojo Men,
8 Eyed Spy,
FM Einheit,
Reagan Youth,
Dave Gahan,
Mary Jane Girls,
Flamin' Groovies,
Theoretical Girls,
Sun Ra,
Scott Walker,
Model 500,
The Fall,
The Doobie Brothers,
Kas Product,
Tim Buckley,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Interpol,
Fad Gadget,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Marine Girls,
Magazine,
Boogie Down Productions,
Liliput,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Wasted Youth,
The Grass Roots,
Lebanon Hanover,
Jandek,
Severed Heads,
The Smiths,
Agitation Free,
Tomorrow,
Talk Talk,
Bill Wells,
Basic Channel,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Dennis Brown,
Excepter,
Yaz,
Von Mondo,
Henry Cow,
Ornette Coleman,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Public Image Ltd.,
Peter & Gordon,
Pantaleimon,
Duran Duran,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Stereo Dub,
Livin' Joy,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Tubeway Army,
The United States of America,
Country Teasers,
Sun City Girls,
Max Romeo, Max Romeo, Max Romeo, Max Romeo.
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.