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 Papua New Guinea and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1964 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz to the grunge 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 Rosa Yemen. All the underground hits.
All Mission of Burma tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ice-T record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Surgeon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
John Coltrane,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Isaac Hayes,
Lungfish,
Shoche,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Funkadelic,
Bill Wells,
Shuggie Otis,
Sam Rivers,
Glenn Branca,
the Slits,
Jerry's Kids,
Dawn Penn,
The Move,
B.T. Express,
Bob Dylan,
Tommy Roe,
Lou Reed,
Adolescents,
Fad Gadget,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Jesper Dahlback,
Moss Icon,
Smog,
The Tremeloes,
Mo-Dettes,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Scrapy,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Metal Thangz,
Bluetip,
Joensuu 1685,
Neu!,
Malaria!,
Jimmy McGriff,
Cameo,
Pagans,
Jeff Lynne,
Danielle Patucci,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Camouflage,
Yellowson,
Country Teasers,
In Retrospect,
Television Personalities,
John Lydon,
Scientists,
The Residents,
Sonic Youth,
The Gun Club,
Youth Brigade,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Doobie Brothers,
Nils Olav,
Dual Sessions,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Fall,
Amazonics,
The Trojans,
Harpers Bizarre, Harpers Bizarre, Harpers Bizarre, Harpers Bizarre.
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.