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 China and from Bologna.
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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Shanghai.
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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Soft Machine to the rap 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 Eli Mardock. All the underground hits.
All These Immortal Souls tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every A Certain Ratio record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 sitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ultramagnetic MC's record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Germs,
Shuggie Otis,
Grey Daturas,
Negative Approach,
Vainqueur,
Dennis Brown,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Animal Collective,
Pharoah Sanders,
Gang Gang Dance,
the Normal,
Inner City,
Underground Resistance,
Sun City Girls,
Charles Mingus,
The Motions,
Cal Tjader,
Lower 48,
Barrington Levy,
Marcia Griffiths,
DJ Sneak,
Sister Nancy,
Aural Exciters,
Newcleus,
X-101,
David Axelrod,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Robert Wyatt,
Lee Hazlewood,
Soulsonic Force,
Roxy Music,
Jimmy McGriff,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
The Young Rascals,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Nik Kershaw,
Oblivians,
Lalann,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Arthur Verocai,
Index,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Schoolly D,
Reagan Youth,
Bauhaus,
The Pretty Things,
Soul II Soul,
Fad Gadget,
Reuben Wilson,
The Busters,
Ken Boothe,
Jandek,
Chris Corsano,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Soul Sonic Force,
Surgeon,
kango's stein massive,
The Happenings,
Lou Christie,
Chris & Cosey,
Dual Sessions,
Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest.
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.