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 Vanuatu 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 1965 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Kaleidoscope to the grime 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 Cameo. All the underground hits.
All Pagans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jacques Brel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 theremin and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a ABC 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?
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Soul II Soul,
Tim Buckley,
Excepter,
FM Einheit,
Bronski Beat,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Raincoats,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Pierre Henry,
Japan,
The Mummies,
Cal Tjader,
Echospace,
The Leaves,
Talk Talk,
Ludus,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Tom Boy,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The Neon Judgement,
Goldenarms,
Metal Thangz,
Bizarre Inc.,
OOIOO,
Eric Copeland,
a-ha,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Zeros,
Rosa Yemen,
Alison Limerick,
Unwound,
R.M.O.,
Lou Reed,
Ice-T,
Mars,
Lindisfarne,
Schoolly D,
Aaron Thompson,
Anthony Braxton,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Swell Maps,
The Fuzztones,
Fluxion,
Simply Red,
Fatback Band,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Von Mondo,
kango's stein massive,
Soul Sonic Force,
Ponytail,
Brand Nubian,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Yaz,
Agent Orange,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Deadbeat,
The Alarm Clocks,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Patti Smith,
JFA, JFA, JFA, JFA.
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.