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 Portugal and from Calgary.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the organ 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 The Motions to the jazz 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 Althea and Donna. All the underground hits.
All Barrington Levy 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mary Jane Girls record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Trojans,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
John Cale,
Make Up,
Prince Buster,
Crispy Ambulance,
Jesper Dahlback,
Nirvana,
Black Bananas,
Chrome,
Pantaleimon,
the Slits,
MC5,
Pole,
Throbbing Gristle,
Brothers Johnson,
Agitation Free,
Pet Shop Boys,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Lakeside,
The Black Dice,
The Gories,
Michelle Simonal,
Alphaville,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
June of 44,
Scan 7,
Ponytail,
Grauzone,
Neu!,
the Swans,
Eli Mardock,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Scion,
Maleditus Sound,
Dual Sessions,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Golliwogs,
Lebanon Hanover,
Animal Collective,
The Mummies,
Stereo Dub,
The Pop Group,
Babytalk,
EPMD,
Morten Harket,
Organ,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Dennis Brown,
Crime,
Ten City,
Nation of Ulysses,
Derrick Morgan,
Glambeats Corp.,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Lungfish,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Fad Gadget,
Audionom,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Skriet,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.