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 Tajikistan and from Toronto.
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 1969 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 808 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 the Soft Cell to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Bobby Sherman. All the underground hits.
All Fugazi tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Q and Not U record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 sitar and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Judy Mowatt record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Amon Düül,
Boogie Down Productions,
Jandek,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Joensuu 1685,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
cv313,
Glambeats Corp.,
Jimmy McGriff,
The American Breed,
Ohio Players,
Visage,
Magma,
Anthony Braxton,
Mary Jane Girls,
Deepchord,
Eurythmics,
Dark Day,
Deadbeat,
Traffic Nightmare,
Oblivians,
AZ,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Bad Manners,
Big Daddy Kane,
Grauzone,
John Cale,
Johnny Osbourne,
Funkadelic,
Flamin' Groovies,
Sight & Sound,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
kango's stein massive,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Alice Coltrane,
Eden Ahbez,
Bush Tetras,
Gerry Rafferty,
Marshall Jefferson,
Supertramp,
The Happenings,
Shoche,
Grey Daturas,
Soulsonic Force,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Radiopuhelimet,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Yusef Lateef,
Nation of Ulysses,
Porter Ricks,
Archie Shepp,
Dennis Brown,
Girls At Our Best!,
Babytalk,
Brothers Johnson,
Animal Collective,
Dual Sessions,
The Neon Judgement,
CMW,
Steve Hackett, Steve Hackett, Steve Hackett, Steve Hackett.
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.