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 Brazil and from Lagos.
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 1963 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Shuggie Otis to the electroclash 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 Can. All the underground hits.
All Y Pants tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Anthony Braxton 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Amon Düül II record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Japan,
Bluetip,
Excepter,
Barbara Tucker,
the Association,
Loose Ends,
Kas Product,
Niagra,
Cheater Slicks,
The Invisible,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Todd Rundgren,
Masters at Work,
Isaac Hayes,
Franke,
Lightning Bolt,
David Bowie,
Pierre Henry,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Groovy Waters,
Thee Headcoats,
Reuben Wilson,
Agitation Free,
Camberwell Now,
The Dead C,
Public Enemy,
Mad Mike,
Sex Pistols,
Ronnie Foster,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
La Düsseldorf,
Warren Ellis,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Lou Christie,
Pussy Galore,
The Wake,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Sixth Finger,
Charles Mingus,
The Moleskins,
Soft Cell,
Black Bananas,
Ornette Coleman,
The Stooges,
Thompson Twins,
X-102,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Spoonie Gee,
Eli Mardock,
10cc,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Q and Not U,
Moss Icon,
The Fall,
Gil Scott Heron,
Carl Craig,
Scrapy,
Bad Manners,
Lalo Schifrin,
Von Mondo,
JFA,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Set.
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.