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 Belgium and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Sun Ra to the jazz kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Scratch Acid tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Electric Prunes record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Amazonics record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin 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 Busters,
Mission of Burma,
The Neon Judgement,
The Smiths,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Porter Ricks,
Skriet,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Warren Ellis,
World's Most,
Eurythmics,
Roger Hodgson,
Rekid,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Martian,
Cameo,
Curtis Mayfield,
Fluxion,
Gang Gang Dance,
Isaac Hayes,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Vainqueur,
The Buckinghams,
UT,
Wolf Eyes,
Avey Tare,
Archie Shepp,
Stetsasonic,
Reuben Wilson,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Arab on Radar,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Bobby Sherman,
Silicon Teens,
Marmalade,
T.S.O.L.,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Whodini,
Terry Callier,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Soul Sonic Force,
Blancmange,
Anthony Braxton,
Talk Talk,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Mandrill,
Derrick Morgan,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Moby Grape,
Grey Daturas,
The Moleskins,
Camberwell Now,
Monks,
Nirvana,
Fear,
Pet Shop Boys,
Ohio Players,
Black Moon,
Bizarre Inc., Bizarre Inc., Bizarre Inc., Bizarre Inc..
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.