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 Cambodia and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 Michael McDonald 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 Sun City Girls to the jazz 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 Arthur Verocai. All the underground hits.
All Fear tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Heaven 17 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cheater Slicks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rotary Connection,
Section 25,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Crooked Eye,
Stereo Dub,
The Angels of Light,
The Saints,
Carl Craig,
One Last Wish,
In Retrospect,
Alphaville,
Oneida,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Nico,
The Divine Comedy,
Crispy Ambulance,
Godley & Creme,
Sarah Menescal,
Parry Music,
Harmonia,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Minutemen,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Joey Negro,
Junior Murvin,
The Smiths,
Ultravox,
Motorama,
Kerri Chandler,
Zapp,
Lucky Dragons,
X-102,
Bobby Sherman,
Roger Hodgson,
Banda Bassotti,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Cramps,
Susan Cadogan,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Byron Stingily,
Eden Ahbez,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
The Young Rascals,
8 Eyed Spy,
Tres Demented,
Minnie Riperton,
Davy DMX,
Crash Course in Science,
David Axelrod,
Skriet,
Quantec,
The Litter,
This Heat,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Isaac Hayes,
The Red Krayola,
Scan 7,
Eric Copeland,
DNA,
Mandrill,
Amazonics,
New Age Steppers,
Jacob Miller,
The Fire Engines, The Fire Engines, The Fire Engines, The Fire Engines.
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.