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 Romania and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1967 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 clarinet 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 The Grass Roots to the techno 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 Rhythim Is Rhythim. All the underground hits.
All The Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sun City Girls 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Tom Boy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pharoah Sanders,
The Five Americans,
New Order,
The Victims,
Theoretical Girls,
Wolf Eyes,
Lyres,
The Raincoats,
Gregory Isaacs,
Robert Görl,
the Association,
The Vogues,
The Gun Club,
Eric B and Rakim,
Maurizio,
Junior Murvin,
UT,
Television Personalities,
Essential Logic,
Delon & Dalcan,
Freddie Wadling,
K-Klass,
Darondo,
Simply Red,
Clear Light,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Eddi Front,
Danielle Patucci,
Hoover,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Radiopuhelimet,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Remains,
Thee Headcoats,
Archie Shepp,
Lindisfarne,
Maleditus Sound,
Girls At Our Best!,
ABC,
Ronnie Foster,
The Fuzztones,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Monolake,
The Mojo Men,
Mandrill,
Scan 7,
Massinfluence,
The Barracudas,
The Gladiators,
Neil Young,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Sight & Sound,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Motions,
Minny Pops,
The Modern Lovers,
Outsiders,
Lou Christie,
Flash Fearless,
Fort Wilson Riot,
D'Angelo,
Quadrant,
Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti.
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.