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 Ecuador and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 Columbus and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 organ 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 The Evens to the disco kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Moss Icon. All the underground hits.
All The Chocolate Watch Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every AZ record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Motions record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Fuzztones,
June of 44,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
E-Dancer,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Sound,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Boredoms,
The Names,
Pole,
Michelle Simonal,
Marcia Griffiths,
Joey Negro,
The Walker Brothers,
Bobby Byrd,
Average White Band,
Ludus,
Vainqueur,
Boogie Down Productions,
Charles Mingus,
Joy Division,
David Axelrod,
Mo-Dettes,
Ponytail,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Donald Byrd,
Wally Richardson,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
The New Christs,
Stereo Dub,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Goldenarms,
Royal Trux,
T.S.O.L.,
Jawbox,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Gregory Isaacs,
Eric Copeland,
Zapp,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Young Rascals,
La Düsseldorf,
Deepchord,
Robert Görl,
Tomorrow,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Grandmaster Flash,
Hot Snakes,
Rakim,
the Germs,
Radio Birdman,
the Sonics,
Connie Case,
The Standells,
The Human League,
The Moleskins,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Lou Christie,
Brass Construction,
Rod Modell,
The Leaves, The Leaves, The Leaves, The Leaves.
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.