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 Seychelles and from Glasgow.
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 1962 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 linndrum 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 Monolake 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 The Buckinghams. All the underground hits.
All The Trojans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Be Bop Deluxe record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Todd Rundgren record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Country Joe & The Fish,
the Swans,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Seeds,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Rekid,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Marshall Jefferson,
Ice-T,
8 Eyed Spy,
The Slackers,
Deakin,
Lalann,
Soul Sonic Force,
Joe Smooth,
Lindisfarne,
Duran Duran,
The Star Department,
Moss Icon,
Pole,
Eddi Front,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Crispy Ambulance,
LL Cool J,
Vainqueur,
The Wake,
Camberwell Now,
The Beau Brummels,
Gabor Szabo,
Suicide,
B.T. Express,
Zapp,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Sarah Menescal,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Simply Red,
Half Japanese,
a-ha,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
David Bowie,
Ralphi Rosario,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Dennis Brown,
Quantec,
The Young Rascals,
Chris & Cosey,
Oneida,
Television Personalities,
Liliput,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Minnie Riperton,
Laurel Aitken,
Joey Negro,
Q and Not U,
Judy Mowatt,
The Cowsills,
Robert Wyatt,
Scion,
Scratch Acid,
The Offenders,
Piero Umiliani,
Barbara Tucker, Barbara Tucker, Barbara Tucker, Barbara Tucker.
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.