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 Togo and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and London.
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 rhodes 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 10cc to the dance kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Wally Richardson. All the underground hits.
All Goldenarms tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Oblivians record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 mellotron and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Royal Family And The Poor record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ponytail,
Toni Rubio,
Yazoo,
The Human League,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Davy DMX,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Cramps,
a-ha,
Piero Umiliani,
Ultra Naté,
Todd Terry,
The Pop Group,
The Fuzztones,
Crispian St. Peters,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Morten Harket,
Marvin Gaye,
Index,
Ossler,
Soft Cell,
Babytalk,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Alice Coltrane,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Desert Stars,
Yusef Lateef,
The Buckinghams,
Judy Mowatt,
The Trojans,
Connie Case,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Dual Sessions,
The Residents,
Oneida,
The Cure,
E-Dancer,
Aloha Tigers,
Mark Hollis,
PIL,
One Last Wish,
Spoonie Gee,
Robert Hood,
Monks,
Pussy Galore,
Delon & Dalcan,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Barclay James Harvest,
DJ Sneak,
Wings,
The Zeros,
Thee Headcoats,
The Saints,
Terry Callier,
Robert Wyatt,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Avey Tare,
Boredoms,
OOIOO,
The Doors,
Cluster,
Lightning Bolt,
Roger Hodgson,
The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band.
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.