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 Bosnia Herzegovina and from Taipei.
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 1969 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1975 at the first Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Babytalk to the rock 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 Red Lorry Yellow Lorry. All the underground hits.
All Graham Central Station tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Prince Buster record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Litter,
Marshall Jefferson,
Groovy Waters,
Moss Icon,
In Retrospect,
Mandrill,
The Evens,
World's Most,
DJ Sneak,
KRS-One,
The Raincoats,
Pussy Galore,
ABC,
Anakelly,
La Düsseldorf,
Jerry's Kids,
The Blues Magoos,
Nico,
Drive Like Jehu,
Hasil Adkins,
Ponytail,
Joey Negro,
Nirvana,
Steve Hackett,
Lebanon Hanover,
Excepter,
Charles Mingus,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Zero Boys,
Eric Copeland,
Model 500,
Bronski Beat,
Chris & Cosey,
Babytalk,
Y Pants,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Sexual Harrassment,
Simply Red,
Porter Ricks,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Ornette Coleman,
Angry Samoans,
These Immortal Souls,
Avey Tare,
James White and The Blacks,
Niagra,
Cheater Slicks,
Ossler,
Funky Four + One,
The Walker Brothers,
Throbbing Gristle,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Camberwell Now,
Lyres,
The Invisible,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Sex Pistols,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Suburban Knight,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
One Last Wish, One Last Wish, One Last Wish, One Last Wish.
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.