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 Haiti and from Manila.
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 1965 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Japan to the dance kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Marvin Gaye. All the underground hits.
All Marvin Gaye tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lindisfarne record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 theremin and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Leonard Cohen record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Fifty Foot Hose,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Circle Jerks,
Black Flag,
Lou Reed,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Dead C,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Names,
The Five Americans,
Public Image Ltd.,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Scientists,
Desert Stars,
The Smoke,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Goldenarms,
The American Breed,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Trumans Water,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Blancmange,
Sonic Youth,
Nico,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
kango's stein massive,
Second Layer,
Urselle,
Eric B and Rakim,
Cheater Slicks,
The Toasters,
The Kinks,
Deadbeat,
Royal Trux,
Y Pants,
Cameo,
Delta 5,
The Knickerbockers,
Procol Harum,
Outsiders,
Accadde A,
Kas Product,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Newcleus,
Loose Ends,
Easy Going,
Skriet,
The Martian,
The Cramps,
Steve Hackett,
Wolf Eyes,
Mantronix,
The Fortunes,
Drexciya,
Black Moon,
The Buckinghams,
Banda Bassotti,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Skarface, Skarface, Skarface, Skarface.
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.