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 Denmark and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 guitar 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 Zapp to the dance 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 Lee Hazlewood. All the underground hits.
All The Divine Comedy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Monks record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Althea and Donna record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sun City Girls,
The Real Kids,
Crash Course in Science,
Metal Thangz,
Gong,
The Remains,
Kas Product,
Cal Tjader,
Ludus,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Franke,
The Blackbyrds,
David McCallum,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
T. Rex,
H. Thieme,
Mandrill,
Popol Vuh,
Thompson Twins,
Average White Band,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Dual Sessions,
Joensuu 1685,
Circle Jerks,
The American Breed,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Eden Ahbez,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Rakim,
This Heat,
The Young Rascals,
Desert Stars,
Cheater Slicks,
Max Romeo,
Grey Daturas,
Can,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The Tremeloes,
Livin' Joy,
Schoolly D,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Spandau Ballet,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Seeds,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Raincoats,
T.S.O.L.,
Whodini,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Amon Düül II,
Cluster,
Animal Collective,
The Red Krayola,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
JFA,
Alton Ellis,
Sarah Menescal,
Robert Görl, Robert Görl, Robert Görl, Robert Görl.
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.