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 Vanuatu and from Copenhagen.
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 1964 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the linndrum 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 Ornette Coleman to the punk 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 Delon & Dalcan. All the underground hits.
All D'Angelo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Crispy Ambulance record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joey Negro record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dave Gahan,
Von Mondo,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ronan,
DJ Style,
DNA,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
The Fortunes,
Sparks,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Eric Copeland,
MDC,
Ituana,
The Remains,
Boredoms,
Joyce Sims,
Negative Approach,
Gang Gang Dance,
Fad Gadget,
Monks,
The Electric Prunes,
Cameo,
The Gladiators,
Lalann,
Crooked Eye,
The American Breed,
Jacob Miller,
Chris & Cosey,
Johnny Clarke,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
T.S.O.L.,
Bronski Beat,
Janne Schatter,
Electric Prunes,
The Real Kids,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
LL Cool J,
the Fania All-Stars,
Hashim,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Pulsallama,
Henry Cow,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Cal Tjader,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
The Motions,
Jerry's Kids,
The Count Five,
The Birthday Party,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Barbara Tucker,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
The Gun Club,
Bauhaus,
The Kinks,
Ludus,
Lindisfarne,
Cymande,
The Monks,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
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.