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 Finland and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1962 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Sexual Harrassment to the rap kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Adolescents. All the underground hits.
All Jeff Lynne tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Icehouse record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 808 and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Hashim record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Icehouse,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
The Blackbyrds,
Althea and Donna,
Bronski Beat,
Rod Modell,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Joy Division,
Crash Course in Science,
Los Fastidios,
Gang of Four,
Pantaleimon,
The Dirtbombs,
Sarah Menescal,
The Fall,
The Detroit Cobras,
Monolake,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Panda Bear,
LL Cool J,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Hardrive,
Gang Gang Dance,
Echospace,
Traffic Nightmare,
The Black Dice,
Kayak,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Franke,
Animal Collective,
The Birthday Party,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Shuggie Otis,
The Techniques,
Roxy Music,
Surgeon,
Hashim,
These Immortal Souls,
Chrome,
Nik Kershaw,
Matthew Halsall,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Big Daddy Kane,
New Age Steppers,
Curtis Mayfield,
Mary Jane Girls,
Neu!,
Dorothy Ashby,
Aural Exciters,
Ultra Naté,
Reagan Youth,
Radiopuhelimet,
Lucky Dragons,
Moss Icon,
Eve St. Jones,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Angry Samoans,
Gong,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Lightning Bolt, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Bolt.
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.