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 the UAE and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the organ 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 The Misunderstood to the funk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Delon & Dalcan. All the underground hits.
All Tubeway Army tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Franke 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a güiro 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 mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Drive Like Jehu,
The Flesh Eaters,
The Real Kids,
DJ Sneak,
Circle Jerks,
Little Man,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Icehouse,
X-Ray Spex,
Darondo,
The Skatalites,
Magma,
Harry Pussy,
Con Funk Shun,
The Sonics,
Prince Buster,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Skriet,
H. Thieme,
Juan Atkins,
Symarip,
Lou Reed,
Nation of Ulysses,
Radio Birdman,
K-Klass,
Rotary Connection,
Arthur Verocai,
Kool Moe Dee,
Michelle Simonal,
The Pretty Things,
Oblivians,
ABC,
A Certain Ratio,
The Techniques,
The Beau Brummels,
Godley & Creme,
Man Parrish,
Sight & Sound,
Slave,
Lalann,
Desert Stars,
Crash Course in Science,
Faraquet,
The Five Americans,
Stetsasonic,
Althea and Donna,
Fat Boys,
Tres Demented,
Saccharine Trust,
The New Christs,
Make Up,
Gichy Dan,
The J.B.'s,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
EPMD,
Negative Approach,
Pantaleimon,
kango's stein massive,
a-ha,
X-102,
Donny Hathaway,
the Swans,
Vainqueur,
Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd..
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.