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 Togo and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1968 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Lyon.
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 marimba 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 The Motions to the dance kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Gories. All the underground hits.
All Qualms tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Amon Düül record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 808 and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Flash Fearless record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Boogie Down Productions,
a-ha,
Patti Smith,
the Bar-Kays,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
UT,
Gang Gang Dance,
Amon Düül II,
Avey Tare,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Minor Threat,
Eric Copeland,
Public Image Ltd.,
Derrick Morgan,
Donny Hathaway,
Pantaleimon,
The Velvet Underground,
Jandek,
Jeru the Damaja,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Blackbyrds,
Pylon,
Von Mondo,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Ornette Coleman,
Dark Day,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
CMW,
Lebanon Hanover,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Aswad,
Rod Modell,
Eurythmics,
Roxette,
Delon & Dalcan,
Lalann,
The Standells,
Big Daddy Kane,
Wasted Youth,
Kevin Saunderson,
Make Up,
The Motions,
Nirvana,
Anakelly,
Crime,
Lindisfarne,
Ultra Naté,
Erykah Badu,
Massinfluence,
Joe Smooth,
Howard Jones,
The Moleskins,
Ice-T,
Bush Tetras,
The Neon Judgement,
Loose Ends,
Cymande,
Brand Nubian,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago.
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.