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 Samoa and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 Connie Case to the dance kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Marvin Gaye. All the underground hits.
All FM Einheit tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Joensuu 1685 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 sitar and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Tremeloes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Eric Dolphy,
Peter & Gordon,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Groovy Waters,
Colin Newman,
The New Christs,
The Happenings,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Au Pairs,
Janne Schatter,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Grass Roots,
Michelle Simonal,
David Bowie,
Mantronix,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Yusef Lateef,
Barbara Tucker,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
The Young Rascals,
The Walker Brothers,
The Birthday Party,
Althea and Donna,
Grey Daturas,
Black Moon,
Zapp,
Fluxion,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Cal Tjader,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Mo-Dettes,
Pagans,
The Busters,
The Zeros,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Vladislav Delay,
Camberwell Now,
Unwound,
Kerri Chandler,
Lungfish,
Amon Düül II,
Outsiders,
Bluetip,
Ultimate Spinach,
E-Dancer,
Matthew Halsall,
Lee Hazlewood,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Buckinghams,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Ultra Naté,
June of 44,
Jandek,
In Retrospect,
Patti Smith,
Jawbox,
Masters at Work,
Joy Division,
Aswad, Aswad, Aswad, Aswad.
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.