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 Algeria and from Milan.
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 1960 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Desert Stars to the grime 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 Dave Gahan. All the underground hits.
All The Fortunes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Fugs 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ultimate Spinach record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
David McCallum,
Rakim,
Agent Orange,
Lalann,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Alice Coltrane,
Erasure,
Sexual Harrassment,
Dead Boys,
Eli Mardock,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Johnny Osbourne,
Little Man,
Deepchord,
The Mighty Diamonds,
In Retrospect,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Fat Boys,
Sandy B,
UT,
Crash Course in Science,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Technova,
Yusef Lateef,
Underground Resistance,
Cameo,
Throbbing Gristle,
Supertramp,
Derrick Morgan,
Make Up,
The Detroit Cobras,
Mandrill,
Mars,
Gong,
Y Pants,
Avey Tare,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Agitation Free,
Depeche Mode,
The Index,
Skriet,
The Barracudas,
Bill Wells,
The Doobie Brothers,
Pierre Henry,
Flash Fearless,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Minny Pops,
The Birthday Party,
Sugar Minott,
One Last Wish,
Kenny Larkin,
Tom Boy,
Bobby Byrd,
Can,
Eric Dolphy,
The American Breed,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Velvet Underground,
Minor Threat,
Henry Cow,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
The New Christs,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.