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 France and from Taipei.
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 1968 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 1970 at the first Onyeabor practice in a loft in Enugu.
I was working on the guitar 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 Ronan to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Chris & Cosey. All the underground hits.
All Chris & Cosey tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kevin Saunderson record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 güiro and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Faust record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Marine Girls,
Soulsonic Force,
Intrusion,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Cymande,
Radiopuhelimet,
Reagan Youth,
Zapp,
James White and The Blacks,
Girls At Our Best!,
The Gap Band,
Sonic Youth,
Gerry Rafferty,
Country Teasers,
Pierre Henry,
Cluster,
Warren Ellis,
Pantytec,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Sonics,
Fifty Foot Hose,
New Age Steppers,
Rites of Spring,
Gichy Dan,
Pet Shop Boys,
Grauzone,
Minny Pops,
Roxy Music,
Mo-Dettes,
Sandy B,
The Index,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
The Saints,
Gang Starr,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Delta 5,
Erykah Badu,
Crispian St. Peters,
These Immortal Souls,
Section 25,
Johnny Osbourne,
Livin' Joy,
Godley & Creme,
Barbara Tucker,
Scion,
Eric B and Rakim,
Stereo Dub,
Fad Gadget,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Moss Icon,
Massinfluence,
Ten City,
Scan 7,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Sun Ra,
Chris & Cosey,
Yellowson,
The Dirtbombs,
Faust,
Excepter,
The Mojo Men,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.
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.