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 Samoa and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle show in London.
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 Houston and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 Half Japanese to the grime 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 The New Christs. All the underground hits.
All Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Five Americans 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a 808 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 synthesizer and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Morten Harket,
Gil Scott Heron,
Derrick Morgan,
Ultra Naté,
Gang Green,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Roger Hodgson,
John Cale,
Boz Scaggs,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Star Department,
Neil Young,
Deadbeat,
The Golliwogs,
Liliput,
Yazoo,
Judy Mowatt,
Procol Harum,
Camberwell Now,
Masters at Work,
UT,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Swell Maps,
Marc Almond,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Can,
Eve St. Jones,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Eric Dolphy,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Bizarre Inc.,
Skarface,
Blancmange,
Duran Duran,
Cymande,
Bush Tetras,
Joey Negro,
Alton Ellis,
The Wake,
Eden Ahbez,
Man Eating Sloth,
Glenn Branca,
Blake Baxter,
Goldenarms,
Skaos,
Gichy Dan,
Bill Near,
Man Parrish,
OOIOO,
Aaron Thompson,
The Fugs,
Dead Boys,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
New York Dolls,
The Trojans,
Popol Vuh,
the Normal,
Robert Wyatt,
Joensuu 1685,
Motorama,
Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey.
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.