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 Morocco and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Soulsonic Force to the disco kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Boz Scaggs. All the underground hits.
All Jawbox tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Outsiders 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Archie Shepp record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Pretty Things,
Thompson Twins,
AZ,
Eric B and Rakim,
Sonny Sharrock,
Porter Ricks,
Kool Moe Dee,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
The New Christs,
Rites of Spring,
Marine Girls,
The Blackbyrds,
Newcleus,
Maleditus Sound,
The Trojans,
Gong,
Moebius,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Rekid,
Soft Machine,
Maurizio,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
June Days,
Marcia Griffiths,
Iggy Pop,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
New Order,
Dawn Penn,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Chrome,
Masters at Work,
R.M.O.,
Suicide,
Ronan,
Oneida,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Hardrive,
Boogie Down Productions,
Stockholm Monsters,
Graham Central Station,
Sonic Youth,
Main Source,
Man Eating Sloth,
Carl Craig,
Niagra,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Deakin,
The Black Dice,
Mr. Review,
Crispy Ambulance,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Vogues,
Clear Light,
Johnny Clarke,
Radiopuhelimet,
The Skatalites,
Tears for Fears,
Talk Talk,
Reagan Youth,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
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.