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 Jordan and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1965 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Mexico City.
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 guitar 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 Girls At Our Best! to the disco kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft. All the underground hits.
All June Days tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Scientists record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a synthesizer 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 rhodes and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Kurtis Blow,
Depeche Mode,
Urselle,
Spoonie Gee,
The Beau Brummels,
The Five Americans,
The Alarm Clocks,
CMW,
Black Bananas,
The American Breed,
Aswad,
Janne Schatter,
Warren Ellis,
Joey Negro,
The Martian,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Soft Cell,
KRS-One,
London Community Gospel Choir,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Talk Talk,
Electric Light Orchestra,
ABC,
Alison Limerick,
The Birthday Party,
Skriet,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Dead C,
Kerri Chandler,
Dennis Brown,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Idris Muhammad,
The Stooges,
Surgeon,
Jimmy McGriff,
Marvin Gaye,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
DJ Sneak,
Heaven 17,
Alton Ellis,
Skarface,
Stetsasonic,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Los Fastidios,
Brass Construction,
Marshall Jefferson,
Derrick Morgan,
Q and Not U,
MDC,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
the Human League,
Fela Kuti,
Mark Hollis,
Hot Snakes,
Andrew Hill,
The Star Department,
Deadbeat,
The Fire Engines,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.