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 Sierra Leone and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1966 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Tokyo.
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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz to the disco 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 Buzzcocks. All the underground hits.
All Metal Thangz tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bang On A Can 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Godley & Creme record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Simply Red,
the Human League,
The J.B.'s,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Aloha Tigers,
Lungfish,
Electric Prunes,
Technova,
Scion,
a-ha,
The Evens,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Saints,
Pantytec,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Joensuu 1685,
Gang Green,
Bronski Beat,
New York Dolls,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Cameo,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Grauzone,
The American Breed,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Silicon Teens,
Altered Images,
Janne Schatter,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Khruangbin,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Sugar Minott,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Sandy B,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Minny Pops,
Pharoah Sanders,
Kurtis Blow,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Zero Boys,
Roxy Music,
Kaleidoscope,
Quando Quango,
Laurel Aitken,
Con Funk Shun,
The Divine Comedy,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Vogues,
The Dave Clark Five,
Mary Jane Girls,
Yazoo,
The Misunderstood,
The Gories,
Oblivians,
Liliput,
Brass Construction,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Jeff Lynne,
the Swans, the Swans, the Swans, the Swans.
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.