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 Belgium and from Madrid.
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 1962 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Paris.
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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 June Days to the funk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Brand Nubian. All the underground hits.
All Intrusion tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Morten Harket 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gary Puckett & The Union Gap record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
John Lydon,
Jerry's Kids,
Mantronix,
Bronski Beat,
ABC,
Ituana,
Average White Band,
Joe Finger,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Massinfluence,
Delta 5,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Cameo,
Stereo Dub,
Skriet,
Davy DMX,
Eric B and Rakim,
Metal Thangz,
Johnny Clarke,
Chris & Cosey,
The Cure,
Nas,
Shoche,
Harpers Bizarre,
X-101,
Tres Demented,
the Slits,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Electric Prunes,
The Offenders,
Oneida,
The Saints,
The Pretty Things,
The Sonics,
Main Source,
Suburban Knight,
Black Bananas,
Siglo XX,
Gastr Del Sol,
One Last Wish,
Gabor Szabo,
Lightning Bolt,
Alison Limerick,
Eurythmics,
Crash Course in Science,
Bobby Sherman,
Marmalade,
Black Pus,
Yusef Lateef,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Andrew Hill,
Crispian St. Peters,
The Seeds,
MDC,
The Remains,
Rufus Thomas,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Monochrome Set,
Avey Tare,
Gerry Rafferty,
Robert Görl,
Pantaleimon,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.