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 Germany and from London.
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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Manchester.
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 harpsichord 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 Radiopuhelimet to the crunk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Siouxsie and the Banshees. All the underground hits.
All Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Hardrive record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 808 and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Ken Boothe,
Soul II Soul,
The Gap Band,
Kevin Saunderson,
Patti Smith,
Juan Atkins,
Barrington Levy,
Eddi Front,
Minutemen,
Pantaleimon,
Dave Gahan,
Robert Görl,
The Neon Judgement,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Tomorrow,
Amon Düül,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Frankie Knuckles,
Dead Boys,
Eric Dolphy,
Alison Limerick,
Television,
Interpol,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
a-ha,
Ultimate Spinach,
Nirvana,
The Human League,
Traffic Nightmare,
H. Thieme,
Lucky Dragons,
Lower 48,
The Barracudas,
The Beau Brummels,
The Pretty Things,
Soulsonic Force,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Clear Light,
Iggy Pop,
Niagra,
Babytalk,
Delon & Dalcan,
Cluster,
Pere Ubu,
The Smoke,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Throbbing Gristle,
June Days,
Ituana,
Minnie Riperton,
The Motions,
The Star Department,
Monolake,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Main Source,
The Modern Lovers,
AZ,
The Remains,
The Divine Comedy,
EPMD,
Unwound,
Electric Prunes,
The Blues Magoos, The Blues Magoos, The Blues Magoos, The Blues Magoos.
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.