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 Mauritius and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 Portland and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Joensuu 1685 to the funk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Flash Fearless. All the underground hits.
All ABC tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Dave Clark Five 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 808 and a harpsichord 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 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?
Little Man,
Cameo,
Derrick May,
Bang On A Can,
Yaz,
UT,
Easy Going,
The Offenders,
Lungfish,
Whodini,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Pagans,
Byron Stingily,
The American Breed,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Qualms,
Mantronix,
MC5,
Chris & Cosey,
The Gun Club,
Radiopuhelimet,
Dave Gahan,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Donny Hathaway,
Dead Boys,
Sun Ra,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Todd Rundgren,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Five Americans,
Stereo Dub,
Ken Boothe,
Nik Kershaw,
Bobby Byrd,
Wasted Youth,
Flipper,
Basic Channel,
The Star Department,
Yellowson,
Khruangbin,
FM Einheit,
Sexual Harrassment,
Aswad,
Main Source,
Albert Ayler,
Schoolly D,
Lakeside,
Ten City,
Brothers Johnson,
Darondo,
Skriet,
Warren Ellis,
Scientists,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Roger Hodgson,
Stockholm Monsters,
Gabor Szabo,
Ossler,
Eli Mardock,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Matthew Bourne,
Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive.
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.