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 Iraq and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 Nile Rodgers 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 Popol Vuh to the dance kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Sonics. All the underground hits.
All Tim Buckley tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camouflage 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Faust,
8 Eyed Spy,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Bill Wells,
Ralphi Rosario,
K-Klass,
Rhythm & Sound,
Carl Craig,
Dennis Brown,
Magazine,
DJ Sneak,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
H. Thieme,
Radiopuhelimet,
Sun City Girls,
The Sonics,
Stiv Bators,
New York Dolls,
The Slackers,
a-ha,
The Raincoats,
Robert Wyatt,
Suicide,
Man Parrish,
Gichy Dan,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Ronnie Foster,
The Selecter,
Absolute Body Control,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Pharoah Sanders,
Motorama,
Grey Daturas,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Kayak,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Names,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Sex Pistols,
Maleditus Sound,
Joe Finger,
Spoonie Gee,
The American Breed,
Rosa Yemen,
The Remains,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Oneida,
Wasted Youth,
In Retrospect,
Ituana,
Pole,
Urselle,
Harry Pussy,
Sandy B,
Vainqueur,
Tres Demented,
Bobby Womack,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Bill Near,
The Detroit Cobras, The Detroit Cobras, The Detroit Cobras, The Detroit Cobras.
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.