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 Bahrain and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1961 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Negative Approach to the dance 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 The Mighty Diamonds. All the underground hits.
All Bootsy's Rubber Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Wire record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Music Machine record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pagans,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Arab on Radar,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Lebanon Hanover,
Circle Jerks,
Make Up,
Babytalk,
R.M.O.,
Banda Bassotti,
Rotary Connection,
Joe Smooth,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Fad Gadget,
Scratch Acid,
Lucky Dragons,
the Association,
Pantytec,
The Sound,
Sarah Menescal,
The Associates,
Eve St. Jones,
Maurizio,
Neil Young,
The Evens,
Guru Guru,
Monks,
Technova,
Skriet,
Jawbox,
Delta 5,
Suburban Knight,
Ultravox,
Surgeon,
DJ Sneak,
Tears for Fears,
Bluetip,
Underground Resistance,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Beau Brummels,
Barrington Levy,
cv313,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Todd Terry,
Peter & Gordon,
The Leaves,
Marcia Griffiths,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
the Swans,
Sun Ra,
Mo-Dettes,
Avey Tare,
David Bowie,
10cc,
Second Layer,
Cymande,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Gun Club,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Index,
Pierre Henry,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra.
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.