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 Tonga and from Edmonton.
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 1963 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 sitar 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 The Cure to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Amon Düül II. All the underground hits.
All 48th St. Collective tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sun City Girls 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soft Cell record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
the Association,
Agent Orange,
Vladislav Delay,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Young Rascals,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Flash Fearless,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Radio Birdman,
The Doors,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Agitation Free,
Neil Young,
Buzzcocks,
Bang On A Can,
Das Ding,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Arcadia,
MDC,
Deadbeat,
Ponytail,
Lou Reed,
Man Eating Sloth,
Pere Ubu,
Average White Band,
Y Pants,
Underground Resistance,
The Smoke,
The American Breed,
Radiohead,
One Last Wish,
Lou Christie,
Lalann,
Metal Thangz,
Ralphi Rosario,
Matthew Bourne,
Country Teasers,
Monks,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Donald Byrd,
Yaz,
Absolute Body Control,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Ultra Naté,
Rekid,
Sight & Sound,
Slave,
Ossler,
Tomorrow,
Sun City Girls,
The Busters,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
The Index,
the Swans,
Alice Coltrane,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.