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 the UAE and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Pylon to the punk 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 Pole. All the underground hits.
All Black Flag tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rites of Spring record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Michelle Simonal record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Oblivians,
Moss Icon,
Blake Baxter,
Davy DMX,
The Selecter,
Fear,
Mantronix,
The Doobie Brothers,
Scrapy,
Bill Wells,
Morten Harket,
Joe Smooth,
Lightning Bolt,
Kool Moe Dee,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Animal Collective,
The Remains,
Gregory Isaacs,
Ronan,
the Swans,
MDC,
Big Daddy Kane,
The Durutti Column,
Minny Pops,
Glenn Branca,
Rapeman,
Youth Brigade,
Technova,
Henry Cow,
Bobby Sherman,
Lebanon Hanover,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Crooked Eye,
Lower 48,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Banda Bassotti,
The Smoke,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Sixth Finger,
Delon & Dalcan,
The American Breed,
Harpers Bizarre,
The Cramps,
Toni Rubio,
Basic Channel,
Sex Pistols,
Jeff Mills,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Echospace,
Johnny Clarke,
Archie Shepp,
Sparks,
Fatback Band,
Susan Cadogan,
Harmonia,
Rites of Spring, Rites of Spring, Rites of Spring, Rites of Spring.
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.