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 Cambodia and from Sao Paulo.
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 1966 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 linndrum 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 Davy DMX to the techno kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Terror Squad Feat. Camron. All the underground hits.
All Jandek tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Von Mondo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Black Moon,
Adolescents,
Reuben Wilson,
Harmonia,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Brass Construction,
Franke,
Radiopuhelimet,
Fugazi,
Yazoo,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Morten Harket,
Godley & Creme,
Lou Reed,
Sarah Menescal,
The Names,
Livin' Joy,
Ludus,
Graham Central Station,
the Germs,
Make Up,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Fad Gadget,
Rites of Spring,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
New Order,
Excepter,
Nik Kershaw,
Supertramp,
Main Source,
Jeff Mills,
Pussy Galore,
Al Stewart,
Grauzone,
E-Dancer,
Amon Düül,
The Human League,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
CMW,
Eurythmics,
Wire,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Bobby Womack,
Fela Kuti,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Kevin Saunderson,
Matthew Halsall,
Lungfish,
Roger Hodgson,
David Axelrod,
EPMD,
June of 44,
Minny Pops,
Rapeman,
Pet Shop Boys,
Bad Manners,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Dawn Penn,
JFA,
Tropical Tobacco, Tropical Tobacco, Tropical Tobacco, Tropical Tobacco.
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.