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 Jamaica and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 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 Heavy D & The Boyz to the punk 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 Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane. All the underground hits.
All Skriet tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Echospace 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft 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?
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Fluxion,
48th St. Collective,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Mandrill,
John Holt,
Saccharine Trust,
Pantytec,
Flamin' Groovies,
Country Teasers,
Nick Fraelich,
Drexciya,
The Moleskins,
Average White Band,
U.S. Maple,
The Motions,
Lebanon Hanover,
Bang On A Can,
Ohio Players,
Josef K,
Monks,
David Bowie,
Bobby Byrd,
The Electric Prunes,
Jimmy McGriff,
Kevin Saunderson,
Wings,
Derrick Morgan,
The Doors,
Lakeside,
Michelle Simonal,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
T. Rex,
Jerry's Kids,
Radiopuhelimet,
Banda Bassotti,
Leonard Cohen,
Mantronix,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Gregory Isaacs,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Johnny Osbourne,
Faraquet,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Kerrie Biddell,
The Dirtbombs,
Barbara Tucker,
Procol Harum,
Fatback Band,
Warren Ellis,
Clear Light,
Young Marble Giants,
X-Ray Spex,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Skarface,
Drive Like Jehu,
Ronan,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel.
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.