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 Armenia and from Winnipeg.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Ash Ra Tempel to the punk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Scan 7. All the underground hits.
All Ultra Naté tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Essential Logic 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Inner City record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Buzzcocks,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Lou Christie,
Tommy Roe,
Minutemen,
China Crisis,
The Cowsills,
the Association,
Ultimate Spinach,
Eden Ahbez,
Lower 48,
Funkadelic,
Nick Fraelich,
Mantronix,
The Walker Brothers,
Johnny Clarke,
Isaac Hayes,
Ken Boothe,
Howard Jones,
Sparks,
The Zeros,
E-Dancer,
The Mojo Men,
DJ Style,
Dennis Brown,
Minny Pops,
Technova,
Niagra,
Flash Fearless,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Gang of Four,
Sandy B,
Mission of Burma,
Television,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Moebius,
Joy Division,
Alphaville,
Godley & Creme,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Roxette,
Talk Talk,
Half Japanese,
the Fania All-Stars,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Icehouse,
Danielle Patucci,
The Residents,
L. Decosne,
Kerrie Biddell,
kango's stein massive,
The Gories,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Alarm Clocks,
Anakelly,
Qualms,
MC5,
The Wake,
Jesper Dahlbäck, Jesper Dahlbäck, Jesper Dahlbäck, Jesper Dahlbäck.
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.