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 Qatar and from Toronto.
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 1964 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 mellotron 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 Eden Ahbez to the rock 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 Q and Not U. All the underground hits.
All Fluxion tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every B.T. Express record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Curtis Mayfield record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Desert Stars,
LL Cool J,
H. Thieme,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Ice-T,
The Raincoats,
Morten Harket,
Black Pus,
Ludus,
The Remains,
L. Decosne,
John Foxx,
Ken Boothe,
Babytalk,
Robert Wyatt,
Sparks,
Warsaw,
Grey Daturas,
The Five Americans,
Maurizio,
Donald Byrd,
Faraquet,
Harry Pussy,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Pantaleimon,
Bill Wells,
The Leaves,
Tres Demented,
Agent Orange,
Loose Ends,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Soul Sonic Force,
Schoolly D,
Country Teasers,
Thompson Twins,
Can,
Television Personalities,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Michelle Simonal,
Yaz,
The Misunderstood,
Sonic Youth,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Jandek,
The New Christs,
Kayak,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Sound Behaviour,
The Fugs,
Derrick May,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Mad Mike,
Joy Division,
Buzzcocks,
Malaria!,
Make Up,
R.M.O.,
Arab on Radar,
The Birthday Party,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.