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 Libya and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez 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 1961 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Soulsonic Force to the techno kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Kevin Saunderson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every the Sonics record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 spring reverb and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nils Olav record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pussy Galore,
The Count Five,
Lungfish,
Japan,
48th St. Collective,
Sun Ra,
Judy Mowatt,
the Normal,
10cc,
Inner City,
Symarip,
Public Image Ltd.,
Section 25,
KRS-One,
The Young Rascals,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Icehouse,
Bobby Womack,
R.M.O.,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Jacob Miller,
Ronnie Foster,
The Busters,
Lalann,
Masters at Work,
Bob Dylan,
Eyeless In Gaza,
T. Rex,
Scientists,
John Foxx,
Henry Cow,
Black Sheep,
Rod Modell,
The Divine Comedy,
Joe Finger,
D'Angelo,
Scion,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Moss Icon,
Stetsasonic,
Barclay James Harvest,
Pylon,
Motorama,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Mandrill,
It's A Beautiful Day,
June Days,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Alice Coltrane,
Whodini,
Sparks,
The Associates,
Jandek,
The Black Dice,
The Residents,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Deakin,
Blancmange,
Oneida,
Anakelly,
Yellowson,
Man Parrish,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.