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 Chile and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the rhodes sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Grandmaster Flash to the jazz kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Eric Dolphy. All the underground hits.
All Sixth Finger tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Livin' Joy 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nick Fraelich record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Newcleus,
The Names,
T.S.O.L.,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Offenders,
Matthew Halsall,
Pagans,
L. Decosne,
Eric Copeland,
The Motions,
Delon & Dalcan,
Organ,
Minor Threat,
X-102,
Dave Gahan,
Aaron Thompson,
Skarface,
Wasted Youth,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
The Fuzztones,
Clear Light,
Circle Jerks,
Flamin' Groovies,
Grandmaster Flash,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Theoretical Girls,
the Swans,
Boz Scaggs,
Jandek,
Ronnie Foster,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Duran Duran,
Amazonics,
David McCallum,
The Birthday Party,
Youth Brigade,
Goldenarms,
Erykah Badu,
Dawn Penn,
Donald Byrd,
Gang of Four,
Gil Scott Heron,
Qualms,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
World's Most,
Hardrive,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Divine Comedy,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Sonics,
the Soft Cell,
Masters at Work,
Procol Harum,
Bad Manners,
LL Cool J,
Yusef Lateef,
DJ Style,
Nik Kershaw,
Altered Images,
The Blues Magoos,
Flash Fearless,
Glenn Branca, Glenn Branca, Glenn Branca, Glenn Branca.
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.