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 Libya and from Edmonton.
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 1964 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 guitar 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 The Offenders to the grunge kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Avey Tare. All the underground hits.
All The Pop Group tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sonny Sharrock record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rod Modell record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Duran Duran,
The Pop Group,
Robert Görl,
Inner City,
Blake Baxter,
Brand Nubian,
David McCallum,
Pere Ubu,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Busters,
Bobby Byrd,
B.T. Express,
Los Fastidios,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Darondo,
Soulsonic Force,
Iggy Pop,
Lucky Dragons,
Josef K,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Underground Resistance,
Lou Reed,
Max Romeo,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Soft Machine,
Shoche,
the Fania All-Stars,
Warren Ellis,
Echospace,
Japan,
La Düsseldorf,
Minny Pops,
Ken Boothe,
Second Layer,
Dave Gahan,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Cybotron,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Motorama,
The Gun Club,
The Angels of Light,
T.S.O.L.,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
the Swans,
Saccharine Trust,
The Index,
The Vogues,
Bang On A Can,
Morten Harket,
Eddi Front,
The Motions,
Soul Sonic Force,
Guru Guru,
F. McDonald,
Bootsy Collins,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Brick,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Surgeon,
LL Cool J,
Dual Sessions, Dual Sessions, Dual Sessions, Dual Sessions.
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.