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 Iran and from Sao Paulo.
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 1969 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Sun Ra Arkestra to the dance kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Zapp. All the underground hits.
All Erasure tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Vaughan Mason & Crew 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Delta 5 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ronan,
Erasure,
Drive Like Jehu,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Camberwell Now,
Mandrill,
Bobbi Humphrey,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Dual Sessions,
Flash Fearless,
Groovy Waters,
Alphaville,
Kas Product,
Brothers Johnson,
Wire,
Crooked Eye,
Lou Reed,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Fall,
Fear,
Henry Cow,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Detroit Cobras,
Arab on Radar,
Cameo,
Gichy Dan,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Oneida,
Sight & Sound,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Model 500,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Yaz,
Los Fastidios,
The Wake,
Simply Red,
Spoonie Gee,
The Dave Clark Five,
Sparks,
Yellowson,
John Foxx,
Deepchord,
Ornette Coleman,
LL Cool J,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Alice Coltrane,
Accadde A,
Swans,
FM Einheit,
Traffic Nightmare,
Flamin' Groovies,
Chris & Cosey,
Faraquet,
Shuggie Otis,
Terry Callier,
D'Angelo,
Japan,
Dawn Penn,
Andrew Hill, Andrew Hill, Andrew Hill, Andrew Hill.
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.