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 Indonesia and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1965 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Mexico City.
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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 MC5 to the rock kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Albert Ayler. All the underground hits.
All Essential Logic tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sly & The Family Stone record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a mellotron 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 sitar and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Oblivians,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Dave Gahan,
Neil Young,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Bobby Hutcherson,
ABC,
T.S.O.L.,
The Vogues,
Marine Girls,
The Sound,
Panda Bear,
Roger Hodgson,
Blake Baxter,
Albert Ayler,
Robert Görl,
Qualms,
Scrapy,
Kayak,
Procol Harum,
Jandek,
B.T. Express,
Funkadelic,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Donald Byrd,
The Trojans,
Charles Mingus,
Quantec,
Agitation Free,
The Fugs,
The Toasters,
Ralphi Rosario,
Delta 5,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Eurythmics,
Ronan,
Dead Boys,
Radiohead,
Soul II Soul,
Bauhaus,
Laurel Aitken,
Roxette,
Brass Construction,
John Holt,
the Germs,
X-Ray Spex,
Jawbox,
Slave,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Joensuu 1685,
Depeche Mode,
Alison Limerick,
Public Image Ltd.,
Outsiders,
Connie Case,
The Mummies,
Chris Corsano,
Moss Icon, Moss Icon, Moss Icon, Moss Icon.
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.