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 Poland and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme to the disco 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 Grauzone. All the underground hits.
All The Mighty Diamonds tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pharoah Sanders record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 linndrum and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pulsallama record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nico,
Stetsasonic,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Davy DMX,
Piero Umiliani,
48th St. Collective,
Dual Sessions,
Yazoo,
Matthew Bourne,
The Fugs,
Ohio Players,
Duran Duran,
Frankie Knuckles,
Jacob Miller,
Amon Düül,
Basic Channel,
The Associates,
Graham Central Station,
Dark Day,
Spandau Ballet,
Boredoms,
Andrew Hill,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Curtis Mayfield,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Standells,
Tommy Roe,
Dave Gahan,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Fall,
The Modern Lovers,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
It's A Beautiful Day,
Moss Icon,
Pagans,
The Vogues,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Matthew Halsall,
The Fortunes,
Main Source,
Stiv Bators,
cv313,
Loose Ends,
Marc Almond,
JFA,
Kayak,
The Black Dice,
Todd Rundgren,
Flipper,
Cecil Taylor,
Wolf Eyes,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Fuzztones,
Tomorrow,
The Detroit Cobras,
Chrome,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Glenn Branca,
The Gun Club, The Gun Club, The Gun Club, The Gun Club.
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.