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 Poland and from Winnipeg.
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 1962 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Human League to the funk 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 H. Thieme. All the underground hits.
All Sun Ra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a John Foxx record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Gun Club,
the Normal,
The Gories,
Average White Band,
Liliput,
Model 500,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
a-ha,
Trumans Water,
Aaron Thompson,
The Young Rascals,
Mark Hollis,
Pharoah Sanders,
Fugazi,
The Five Americans,
Quantec,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Eli Mardock,
The Cowsills,
The Trojans,
The Monks,
Hot Snakes,
The Detroit Cobras,
OOIOO,
Morten Harket,
The Gladiators,
Outsiders,
Technova,
Sun City Girls,
Bobby Hutcherson,
cv313,
Blake Baxter,
Reuben Wilson,
Das Ding,
Aswad,
Mantronix,
La Düsseldorf,
Graham Central Station,
Dennis Brown,
One Last Wish,
The Pretty Things,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Lakeside,
The Fire Engines,
Andrew Hill,
Stereo Dub,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Jacob Miller,
Bill Wells,
Subhumans,
Eddi Front,
The Last Poets,
Bush Tetras,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Rod Modell,
Bill Near,
June Days,
Los Fastidios,
Scott Walker,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Mo-Dettes,
Alphaville,
kango's stein massive,
The Move, The Move, The Move, The Move.
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.