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 Liechtenstein 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 1961 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the sitar 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 The J.B.'s to the rock kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 DJ Sneak. All the underground hits.
All Au Pairs tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Easy Going record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Arthur Verocai record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Main Source,
Kerrie Biddell,
Quantec,
Minny Pops,
Scientists,
Chrome,
Peter and Kerry,
Lightning Bolt,
Minor Threat,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Judy Mowatt,
Johnny Clarke,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Sun Ra,
DJ Sneak,
Robert Görl,
The Barracudas,
Stereo Dub,
8 Eyed Spy,
Amon Düül II,
Thompson Twins,
Sonny Sharrock,
Wally Richardson,
The Motions,
The Electric Prunes,
Jeff Mills,
Joe Smooth,
Arthur Verocai,
Aswad,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Black Moon,
Accadde A,
The Fire Engines,
Alison Limerick,
The Knickerbockers,
Lyres,
David Axelrod,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Tom Boy,
Bang On A Can,
Interpol,
Cymande,
The Fuzztones,
PIL,
The Techniques,
Johnny Osbourne,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Scan 7,
Gastr Del Sol,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Motorama,
Massinfluence,
Radiopuhelimet,
R.M.O.,
Tommy Roe,
UT,
The Happenings,
Qualms,
Public Enemy,
Banda Bassotti, Banda Bassotti, Banda Bassotti, Banda Bassotti.
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.