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 Vanuatu and from Portland.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 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 Pet Shop Boys to the funk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Eden Ahbez. All the underground hits.
All Livin' Joy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Harpers Bizarre 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Beasts of Bourbon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Josef K,
Dual Sessions,
Duran Duran,
Godley & Creme,
Glenn Branca,
Underground Resistance,
Johnny Clarke,
Yusef Lateef,
Vainqueur,
Goldenarms,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Alton Ellis,
Minor Threat,
Gregory Isaacs,
Niagra,
Pylon,
Jandek,
The Vogues,
Nik Kershaw,
Absolute Body Control,
Television Personalities,
Subhumans,
Pagans,
The Leaves,
Michelle Simonal,
Soulsonic Force,
Rakim,
Khruangbin,
Marvin Gaye,
Harry Pussy,
Hardrive,
Prince Buster,
Funky Four + One,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Bluetip,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Agent Orange,
Carl Craig,
Funkadelic,
Motorama,
cv313,
Ronnie Foster,
The Gap Band,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Visage,
Tubeway Army,
The Associates,
New Age Steppers,
PIL,
Average White Band,
Danielle Patucci,
Depeche Mode,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Desert Stars,
Joey Negro,
The Dave Clark Five,
Index,
Eric Dolphy,
Nas,
The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Set, The Monochrome Set.
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.