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 Malta and from Beijing.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 grime kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Camberwell Now. All the underground hits.
All Quadrant tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Prince Buster record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Mummies record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Normal,
Section 25,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Unrelated Segments,
Mantronix,
The Human League,
The Dead C,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Harry Pussy,
Scott Walker,
Y Pants,
Deadbeat,
Camouflage,
Thompson Twins,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Fear,
PIL,
The Divine Comedy,
Public Image Ltd.,
Archie Shepp,
Black Sheep,
Mad Mike,
Al Stewart,
The Raincoats,
Lakeside,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Cameo,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Brass Construction,
Silicon Teens,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Crime,
Sun Ra,
The Fortunes,
These Immortal Souls,
Massinfluence,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Mighty Diamonds,
AZ,
Soul Sonic Force,
Kool Moe Dee,
Khruangbin,
Liliput,
Youth Brigade,
Gregory Isaacs,
Chrome,
Mission of Burma,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Ohio Players,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Suicide,
Prince Buster,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Gang of Four,
Man Eating Sloth,
The Cowsills,
Talk Talk,
La Düsseldorf,
The Techniques,
Ponytail,
Skarface,
Nico, Nico, Nico, Nico.
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.