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 Tonga and from Manila.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Ultimate Spinach to the rock 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 Audionom. All the underground hits.
All Eve St. Jones tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Juan Atkins record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Eli Mardock record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eric Dolphy,
Circle Jerks,
Robert Hood,
Dead Boys,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Nik Kershaw,
Joey Negro,
The Zeros,
The Human League,
Chris & Cosey,
Derrick May,
Popol Vuh,
Arthur Verocai,
H. Thieme,
Nas,
Tim Buckley,
Wally Richardson,
Davy DMX,
These Immortal Souls,
Danielle Patucci,
Rhythm & Sound,
K-Klass,
The Trojans,
Aural Exciters,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Gang Green,
Lou Christie,
Kenny Larkin,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Sonics,
Desert Stars,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Siglo XX,
Sarah Menescal,
John Holt,
Robert Wyatt,
Moebius,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Wire,
Hashim,
The Red Krayola,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
John Coltrane,
Gastr Del Sol,
World's Most,
Rosa Yemen,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Ponytail,
Skriet,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Spandau Ballet,
Scion,
Joe Finger,
Gerry Rafferty,
48th St. Collective,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Joe Smooth,
Gang of Four,
One Last Wish,
Groovy Waters,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Bill Near,
Black Sheep,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron.
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.