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 Niger and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1965 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 arpeggiator 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 Dennis Brown to the grunge kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Drexciya. All the underground hits.
All Electric Prunes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Black Sheep record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mars record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eve St. Jones,
Gregory Isaacs,
Steve Hackett,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Dawn Penn,
Khruangbin,
Simply Red,
Yaz,
It's A Beautiful Day,
E-Dancer,
Cheater Slicks,
MC5,
Sixth Finger,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Goldenarms,
Roy Ayers,
Lindisfarne,
Gang Green,
Jandek,
Royal Trux,
Scratch Acid,
Hasil Adkins,
Sandy B,
Patti Smith,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Infiniti,
Nico,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Man Eating Sloth,
Joyce Sims,
Aaron Thompson,
Erykah Badu,
Duran Duran,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Cramps,
D'Angelo,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Von Mondo,
Lou Christie,
The Residents,
Bobby Womack,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Urselle,
The Walker Brothers,
Marcia Griffiths,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
The Pop Group,
Eric Copeland,
Warren Ellis,
The Evens,
Prince Buster,
World's Most,
Fad Gadget,
Janne Schatter,
The Smiths,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sight & Sound,
a-ha,
Alphaville,
Pet Shop Boys,
Flamin' Groovies,
Public Enemy, Public Enemy, Public Enemy, Public Enemy.
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.