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 Solomon Islands and from Mumbai.
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 1967 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 güiro 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 D'Angelo to the dance 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 Lungfish. All the underground hits.
All Eddi Front tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Knickerbockers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bobby Hutcherson 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?
a-ha,
Mission of Burma,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Circle Jerks,
Symarip,
Cybotron,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Al Stewart,
Brick,
E-Dancer,
Dorothy Ashby,
Franke,
Siglo XX,
The Misunderstood,
Warsaw,
Ultravox,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
The Shadows of Knight,
Wolf Eyes,
Carl Craig,
Moebius,
Buzzcocks,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Vogues,
Gregory Isaacs,
Nation of Ulysses,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
F. McDonald,
B.T. Express,
Big Daddy Kane,
Niagra,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Barbara Tucker,
Neil Young,
AZ,
Sixth Finger,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Quantec,
The Slackers,
L. Decosne,
X-101,
Erykah Badu,
Minutemen,
R.M.O.,
Howard Jones,
Bush Tetras,
The Raincoats,
Bad Manners,
The Black Dice,
Surgeon,
The Cure,
Hashim,
The Mojo Men,
Cal Tjader,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Dark Day,
Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX.
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.