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 Syria and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1967 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Junior Murvin to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Rufus Thomas. All the underground hits.
All Skriet tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every World's Most record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s 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 Skarface record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Joensuu 1685,
Wolf Eyes,
David Bowie,
In Retrospect,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Make Up,
The Music Machine,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Newcleus,
Michelle Simonal,
The Red Krayola,
Amon Düül II,
Mr. Review,
Sarah Menescal,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Delon & Dalcan,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Agitation Free,
Metal Thangz,
Alphaville,
Lindisfarne,
Sexual Harrassment,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Carl Craig,
Deepchord,
Camouflage,
Chris Corsano,
Neu!,
Eric Copeland,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Nick Fraelich,
Terry Callier,
Country Teasers,
Shoche,
Maurizio,
10cc,
Bob Dylan,
Anakelly,
Porter Ricks,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Ossler,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Scion,
Black Pus,
Brick,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Dennis Brown,
Jandek,
Blake Baxter,
Stereo Dub,
The Evens,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Barclay James Harvest,
Boogie Down Productions,
Camberwell Now,
New Age Steppers,
Country Joe & The Fish, Country Joe & The Fish, Country Joe & The Fish, Country Joe & The Fish.
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.