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 Lithuania and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 spring reverb 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 Lee Hazlewood to the rock 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 Ludus. All the underground hits.
All Anakelly tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rhythm & Sound record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Technova record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Kinks,
Icehouse,
Jandek,
Flamin' Groovies,
Barry Ungar,
June Days,
The Zeros,
Aaron Thompson,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
E-Dancer,
the Sonics,
Visage,
DJ Sneak,
The Doors,
Soft Machine,
La Düsseldorf,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Electric Prunes,
ABBA,
Piero Umiliani,
The Tremeloes,
Fad Gadget,
Main Source,
The Blackbyrds,
MC5,
The Remains,
The Smiths,
The Leaves,
Idris Muhammad,
Todd Terry,
Letta Mbulu,
Robert Görl,
Mary Jane Girls,
T.S.O.L.,
Metal Thangz,
Connie Case,
Quando Quango,
The Gories,
Television Personalities,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
One Last Wish,
The Shadows of Knight,
The Walker Brothers,
Laurel Aitken,
New Order,
Boredoms,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sonic Youth,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Peter and Kerry,
Rosa Yemen,
Moby Grape,
Lucky Dragons,
Fugazi,
Ohio Players,
Ronnie Foster,
Thee Headcoats,
Mission of Burma,
Yazoo,
Swell Maps,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal, Michelle Simonal.
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.