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 Guyana and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Madrid.
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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Aaron Thompson to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Mandrill. All the underground hits.
All Ten City tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kenny Larkin 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
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 One Last Wish record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Shoche,
Curtis Mayfield,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
JFA,
Massinfluence,
The Beau Brummels,
Deepchord,
Boredoms,
Mary Jane Girls,
DJ Sneak,
Reagan Youth,
The Human League,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Glambeats Corp.,
Public Enemy,
Danielle Patucci,
Maleditus Sound,
David McCallum,
Organ,
kango's stein massive,
Tres Demented,
The Black Dice,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Liliput,
The Raincoats,
Depeche Mode,
Radiopuhelimet,
Yusef Lateef,
Marvin Gaye,
Jeff Mills,
Lee Hazlewood,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Bluetip,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
New York Dolls,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
a-ha,
Rufus Thomas,
Roxette,
Talk Talk,
The Fortunes,
Clear Light,
Loose Ends,
Crispian St. Peters,
Visage,
Drexciya,
KRS-One,
Mantronix,
Tears for Fears,
The Trojans,
The Modern Lovers,
Jawbox,
Hoover,
The Zeros,
Eric B and Rakim,
Bobby Sherman,
PIL,
The Misunderstood,
the Soft Cell,
The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party.
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.