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 Bangladesh and from Taipei.
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 1961 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 1965 at the first Beefheart practice in a loft in Lancaster.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Jesus and Mary Chain to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience. All the underground hits.
All Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Aaron Thompson 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Camouflage record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pere Ubu,
The Human League,
Camouflage,
Arab on Radar,
Howard Jones,
Boogie Down Productions,
Index,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Bobby Womack,
Tomorrow,
The Remains,
Sun Ra,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Main Source,
Laurel Aitken,
Grauzone,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Gil Scott Heron,
Pagans,
The Dave Clark Five,
Peter & Gordon,
Saccharine Trust,
The Associates,
Soul Sonic Force,
Altered Images,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Freddie Wadling,
Jeff Mills,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Pussy Galore,
David McCallum,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Lee Hazlewood,
Aural Exciters,
Anthony Braxton,
June Days,
The Toasters,
New Age Steppers,
Parry Music,
Minny Pops,
Audionom,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Porter Ricks,
Wolf Eyes,
ABBA,
Traffic Nightmare,
Glenn Branca,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Slackers,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
MC5,
Au Pairs,
The Divine Comedy,
Essential Logic,
Ossler,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Lalo Schifrin, Lalo Schifrin, Lalo Schifrin, Lalo Schifrin.
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.