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 Czech Republic and from Spokane.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 arpeggiator 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 Excepter to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Glambeats Corp.. All the underground hits.
All 8 Eyed Spy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Barracudas 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rahsaan Roland Kirk record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Slits,
Roxy Music,
Ken Boothe,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Black Flag,
Section 25,
Jerry's Kids,
Loose Ends,
Pole,
the Swans,
Yusef Lateef,
Visage,
Pylon,
Marcia Griffiths,
Echospace,
The Selecter,
Ronan,
The Count Five,
Tres Demented,
Idris Muhammad,
Marmalade,
Arcadia,
Radio Birdman,
China Crisis,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Lalann,
Gichy Dan,
10cc,
Funky Four + One,
Easy Going,
The Angels of Light,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Associates,
Cameo,
The Divine Comedy,
Little Man,
Qualms,
Ralphi Rosario,
Intrusion,
Brand Nubian,
Ten City,
Ituana,
Chris & Cosey,
a-ha,
Swans,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Groovy Waters,
Johnny Osbourne,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Spoonie Gee,
Godley & Creme,
Rosa Yemen,
Black Moon,
Scratch Acid,
Flash Fearless,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines, Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines, Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines, Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines.
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.