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 Monaco and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 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 Youth Brigade to the funk 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 Alice Coltrane. All the underground hits.
All Lou Reed & Metallica tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Anakelly record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 a spring reverb and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Scott Walker + Sunn O))) record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soul II Soul,
Alison Limerick,
Joensuu 1685,
The Monochrome Set,
Throbbing Gristle,
cv313,
Prince Buster,
UT,
Tim Buckley,
Von Mondo,
The Fire Engines,
Minor Threat,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Mummies,
the Normal,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
kango's stein massive,
Robert Wyatt,
Eurythmics,
Laurel Aitken,
Patti Smith,
Technova,
Skaos,
Gerry Rafferty,
Gang of Four,
Absolute Body Control,
The Doors,
Gichy Dan,
The Dead C,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Drexciya,
Mandrill,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Mantronix,
Ronan,
Hot Snakes,
Ponytail,
Mary Jane Girls,
Morten Harket,
Swell Maps,
Fluxion,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Mission of Burma,
Camberwell Now,
Reuben Wilson,
Chris & Cosey,
Aloha Tigers,
Fatback Band,
Hasil Adkins,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Franke,
Barry Ungar,
Spoonie Gee,
Sonny Sharrock,
Cameo,
Sugar Minott,
Grauzone,
Pantaleimon,
Eden Ahbez, Eden Ahbez, Eden Ahbez, Eden Ahbez.
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.