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 Antigua and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1962 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the oboe 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 Motorama to the rap 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 Ludus. All the underground hits.
All Television Personalities tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Quando Quango record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a theremin 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 linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Seeds,
Deadbeat,
Marc Almond,
Jimmy McGriff,
Q65,
Dawn Penn,
Schoolly D,
Tears for Fears,
Essential Logic,
These Immortal Souls,
Kayak,
Maurizio,
Peter & Gordon,
Parry Music,
Grauzone,
Severed Heads,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Excepter,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Interpol,
The Techniques,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Slick Rick,
Derrick Morgan,
Gastr Del Sol,
Kevin Saunderson,
Dual Sessions,
KRS-One,
The Neon Judgement,
Barrington Levy,
Jeff Lynne,
Deakin,
Kenny Larkin,
Joe Smooth,
Jawbox,
Average White Band,
Urselle,
Depeche Mode,
Jeff Mills,
Henry Cow,
Gregory Isaacs,
D'Angelo,
Alton Ellis,
The American Breed,
The Names,
Patti Smith,
The Trojans,
Laurel Aitken,
Mission of Burma,
Gang Gang Dance,
Fela Kuti,
Tim Buckley,
Adolescents,
Cal Tjader,
Rotary Connection,
The Standells,
Nick Fraelich,
Dead Boys,
Zapp,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Thompson Twins,
kango's stein massive,
Pulsallama,
Nico, Nico, Nico, Nico.
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.