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 Peru and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1961 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 X-102 to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Judy Mowatt. All the underground hits.
All The Fuzztones tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Neu! record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Groovy Waters,
Sonic Youth,
Gil Scott Heron,
Ituana,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
cv313,
Siglo XX,
Alison Limerick,
The Leaves,
Harpers Bizarre,
the Human League,
The Mojo Men,
Rotary Connection,
Bobby Sherman,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
H. Thieme,
Organ,
Bizarre Inc.,
Echospace,
Loose Ends,
Arab on Radar,
Matthew Halsall,
Slick Rick,
Underground Resistance,
Fad Gadget,
Marine Girls,
U.S. Maple,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
New Age Steppers,
Eli Mardock,
Don Cherry,
Kool Moe Dee,
Minor Threat,
CMW,
The Litter,
The Buckinghams,
Essential Logic,
Soft Machine,
Arthur Verocai,
Lebanon Hanover,
New York Dolls,
Ohio Players,
The Young Rascals,
Maleditus Sound,
The Skatalites,
Lalann,
Kas Product,
Moby Grape,
the Association,
Negative Approach,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Cybotron,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Eric B and Rakim,
Dorothy Ashby,
Schoolly D,
The Pretty Things,
Icehouse,
David McCallum,
Sällskapet,
Black Sheep,
Sixth Finger,
Crispy Ambulance,
Althea and Donna, Althea and Donna, Althea and Donna, Althea and Donna.
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.