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 Hungary and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Crash Course in Science to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Ajijia Myrayebe. All the underground hits.
All Gregory Isaacs tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Drive Like Jehu record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
DJ Sneak,
Quando Quango,
Drexciya,
Juan Atkins,
Chrome,
The Smiths,
World's Most,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Modern Lovers,
T.S.O.L.,
Delon & Dalcan,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Reagan Youth,
Yazoo,
Brothers Johnson,
Moss Icon,
Marvin Gaye,
Swans,
Harmonia,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Michelle Simonal,
The Divine Comedy,
Amazonics,
Intrusion,
Pussy Galore,
Minor Threat,
Tommy Roe,
Easy Going,
The Selecter,
New York Dolls,
Pulsallama,
Isaac Hayes,
The Searchers,
Alison Limerick,
Henry Cow,
Joensuu 1685,
Harpers Bizarre,
Index,
The Standells,
Panda Bear,
Procol Harum,
The United States of America,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Nirvana,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
EPMD,
Mo-Dettes,
Motorama,
Morten Harket,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Soft Machine,
Nick Fraelich,
Boredoms,
The Evens,
Nik Kershaw,
Guru Guru,
Kurtis Blow,
Echospace,
The Stooges, The Stooges, The Stooges, The Stooges.
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.