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 Chile 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 1962 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 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 Lalann to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Black Sheep. All the underground hits.
All Nils Olav tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every June of 44 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Flash Fearless 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?
Oppenheimer Analysis,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Doors,
Derrick Morgan,
Magma,
Easy Going,
Sixth Finger,
Piero Umiliani,
Tim Buckley,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Dave Gahan,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Chris & Cosey,
Darondo,
The Fire Engines,
Stockholm Monsters,
The Stooges,
The Monochrome Set,
KRS-One,
Maleditus Sound,
Au Pairs,
The Slits,
the Soft Cell,
Theoretical Girls,
The Five Americans,
Davy DMX,
10cc,
Sugar Minott,
Skarface,
Kaleidoscope,
U.S. Maple,
Dark Day,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Yazoo,
The Red Krayola,
The Cramps,
Gil Scott Heron,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Zero Boys,
Ultra Naté,
Jerry's Kids,
The J.B.'s,
Iggy Pop,
the Bar-Kays,
Tubeway Army,
Scott Walker,
The Sound,
FM Einheit,
The Fuzztones,
Danielle Patucci,
Public Enemy,
Ituana,
Prince Buster,
Fad Gadget,
The Index,
June Days,
Intrusion,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Brick,
The Walker Brothers,
Bob Dylan,
Andrew Hill,
Grey Daturas,
Marshall Jefferson,
Anthony Braxton, Anthony Braxton, Anthony Braxton, Anthony Braxton.
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.