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 Korea South and from Calgary.
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 1967 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 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 Sister Nancy to the punk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Searchers. All the underground hits.
All John Cale tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lungfish record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ronan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The United States of America,
10cc,
The Vogues,
Amazonics,
Au Pairs,
Essential Logic,
Jacob Miller,
Alison Limerick,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Rod Modell,
Hasil Adkins,
cv313,
Underground Resistance,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Tom Boy,
Bronski Beat,
Ituana,
The Real Kids,
The Skatalites,
Swans,
Alice Coltrane,
Desert Stars,
Leonard Cohen,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Magazine,
Nils Olav,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Lou Reed,
the Association,
MDC,
Buzzcocks,
The Techniques,
Los Fastidios,
Popol Vuh,
Blake Baxter,
The Slits,
David McCallum,
Byron Stingily,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Silicon Teens,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Section 25,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Eurythmics,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Peter & Gordon,
Zero Boys,
The Divine Comedy,
Jawbox,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Stereo Dub,
Talk Talk,
Pet Shop Boys,
Pussy Galore,
Ten City,
Idris Muhammad,
UT,
Laurel Aitken,
T. Rex,
Joy Division,
Camberwell Now,
Wire,
Connie Case, Connie Case, Connie Case, Connie Case.
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.