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 Greece and from Toronto.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the guitar 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 The Flesh Eaters to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Gong. All the underground hits.
All Stockholm Monsters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Animal Collective record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gastr Del Sol record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gil Scott Heron,
The Smoke,
Tropical Tobacco,
Moby Grape,
Cheater Slicks,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Sam Rivers,
Mission of Burma,
Whodini,
Lyres,
Sonic Youth,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Michelle Simonal,
Ossler,
Barclay James Harvest,
Terry Callier,
The Blues Magoos,
Henry Cow,
June of 44,
Ituana,
Popol Vuh,
cv313,
Das Ding,
The Raincoats,
Procol Harum,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Moody Blues,
ABC,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Doobie Brothers,
Bobby Hutcherson,
The Smiths,
Basic Channel,
Newcleus,
Q65,
Babytalk,
Soul II Soul,
Rites of Spring,
a-ha,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Bauhaus,
Vainqueur,
The Monks,
Deakin,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Kinks,
Mark Hollis,
Fluxion,
Liliput,
Warren Ellis,
Lalo Schifrin,
Marine Girls,
Pantytec,
Sugar Minott,
Glenn Branca,
Kerri Chandler,
Harmonia,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Goldenarms,
Magma,
Danielle Patucci,
Brand Nubian,
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.