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 Madrid.
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 1963 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 The Trojans to the techno 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 Faraquet. All the underground hits.
All Kool Moe Dee tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Clear Light 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Quantec record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Hasil Adkins,
Von Mondo,
Bush Tetras,
Unrelated Segments,
Derrick Morgan,
The Fortunes,
Television,
The Modern Lovers,
Minny Pops,
Barry Ungar,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
World's Most,
Amon Düül II,
Graham Central Station,
The Golliwogs,
The Kinks,
Inner City,
Agitation Free,
Accadde A,
The Mojo Men,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Quando Quango,
Das Ding,
Rosa Yemen,
Nirvana,
Marine Girls,
CMW,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Goldenarms,
Rakim,
Livin' Joy,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Section 25,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
These Immortal Souls,
Depeche Mode,
Gang Gang Dance,
Supertramp,
The Flesh Eaters,
Freddie Wadling,
Roger Hodgson,
The Angels of Light,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Scion,
The Black Dice,
Icehouse,
The Techniques,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Yaz,
The Gun Club,
Gil Scott Heron,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Trumans Water,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Public Image Ltd.,
Scan 7,
Neil Young,
Roxy Music,
Lucky Dragons, Lucky Dragons, Lucky Dragons, Lucky Dragons.
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.