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 Benin and from Philadelphia.
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 1961 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Skaos to the dance kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Nick Fraelich. All the underground hits.
All The Associates tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every AZ record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Darondo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gerry Rafferty,
Roy Ayers,
Skriet,
Blake Baxter,
The Dave Clark Five,
Fugazi,
The Toasters,
Bobby Sherman,
Visage,
Eric Copeland,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Los Fastidios,
Carl Craig,
Archie Shepp,
The Alarm Clocks,
The Saints,
Inner City,
Kaleidoscope,
Delta 5,
X-102,
Todd Rundgren,
Gang of Four,
Y Pants,
Yellowson,
Urselle,
Mo-Dettes,
Alphaville,
Soul II Soul,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Motions,
Depeche Mode,
Main Source,
Darondo,
Q65,
Stiv Bators,
Intrusion,
Joy Division,
Marcia Griffiths,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
B.T. Express,
The Five Americans,
The Litter,
Matthew Halsall,
CMW,
Jimmy McGriff,
Ludus,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Mr. Review,
Soft Machine,
DJ Style,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Eurythmics,
Ronnie Foster,
Kas Product,
The Sound,
Nik Kershaw,
Deakin,
Lyres,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Rakim, Rakim, Rakim, Rakim.
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.