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 Hungary and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Wire show in Watford.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Desert Stars to the crunk 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 The Trojans. All the underground hits.
All Harmonia tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Wings 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Laurel Aitken record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ohio Players,
Joy Division,
The Slits,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Reagan Youth,
Monolake,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Skarface,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Sällskapet,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Accadde A,
Livin' Joy,
Jerry Gold Smith,
F. McDonald,
The Busters,
Gang Gang Dance,
Thompson Twins,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Silicon Teens,
One Last Wish,
kango's stein massive,
The Red Krayola,
Eurythmics,
T.S.O.L.,
Archie Shepp,
R.M.O.,
Rufus Thomas,
Buzzcocks,
Joyce Sims,
Kas Product,
Piero Umiliani,
Babytalk,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Cheater Slicks,
The Pop Group,
La Düsseldorf,
Alton Ellis,
Q65,
Bobby Sherman,
Arab on Radar,
The Durutti Column,
Aaron Thompson,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Lee Hazlewood,
Derrick Morgan,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Birthday Party,
Moss Icon,
Ken Boothe,
Dorothy Ashby,
Moby Grape,
Motorama,
The Leaves,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Soft Machine,
Vainqueur,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
the Slits,
Angry Samoans,
Leonard Cohen,
The Music Machine,
The New Christs,
8 Eyed Spy, 8 Eyed Spy, 8 Eyed Spy, 8 Eyed Spy.
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.