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 Switzerland and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Thee Headcoats to the jazz 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 Alton Ellis. All the underground hits.
All Boredoms tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Misunderstood 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nils Olav record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Siglo XX,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Public Enemy,
Joyce Sims,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Ralphi Rosario,
Wasted Youth,
Schoolly D,
Prince Buster,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Crispian St. Peters,
Rakim,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Soul Sonic Force,
Jandek,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Black Bananas,
Scion,
Goldenarms,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
The Wake,
B.T. Express,
The New Christs,
Rites of Spring,
The Neon Judgement,
Public Image Ltd.,
Mary Jane Girls,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Magazine,
The Flesh Eaters,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Roxette,
Massinfluence,
Electric Prunes,
Lalann,
The Smiths,
Q and Not U,
The American Breed,
Ludus,
Scratch Acid,
Black Pus,
Negative Approach,
Idris Muhammad,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Aaron Thompson,
Harmonia,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Aloha Tigers,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
D'Angelo,
Quantec,
Cybotron,
Bob Dylan,
Spandau Ballet,
Tropical Tobacco,
Peter & Gordon, Peter & Gordon, Peter & Gordon, Peter & Gordon.
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.