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 Seoul.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Public Image Ltd. to the grunge 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 Pole. All the underground hits.
All Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Q65 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Whodini record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 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?
Kas Product,
Girls At Our Best!,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Barbara Tucker,
Barclay James Harvest,
Derrick Morgan,
John Foxx,
T. Rex,
Gregory Isaacs,
Scrapy,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Johnny Clarke,
The Star Department,
Barry Ungar,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Human League,
Graham Central Station,
Rotary Connection,
Kerri Chandler,
Metal Thangz,
Pagans,
Gil Scott Heron,
Flamin' Groovies,
Young Marble Giants,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Qualms,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Radiohead,
In Retrospect,
kango's stein massive,
Steve Hackett,
Echospace,
Youth Brigade,
Television,
Liliput,
Electric Prunes,
Sarah Menescal,
Ralphi Rosario,
Eric Dolphy,
Andrew Hill,
The Toasters,
Joe Smooth,
48th St. Collective,
Yaz,
Oblivians,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Fluxion,
The Black Dice,
Boz Scaggs,
Ituana,
Moss Icon,
Agitation Free,
Absolute Body Control,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Happenings,
The Mummies,
Lucky Dragons,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Desert Stars,
Jandek,
Shoche,
Prince Buster,
Roxy Music, Roxy Music, Roxy Music, Roxy Music.
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.