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 Ivory Coast and from Philadelphia.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 mellotron 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 Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel to the punk 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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz. All the underground hits.
All Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every New Age Steppers 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Blues Magoos record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
In Retrospect,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Ultravox,
Bobby Byrd,
Mars,
Rod Modell,
Sparks,
Man Parrish,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Make Up,
a-ha,
Section 25,
U.S. Maple,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Harpers Bizarre,
The Velvet Underground,
Pharoah Sanders,
Animal Collective,
Average White Band,
Chris Corsano,
Judy Mowatt,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Moss Icon,
The Martian,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Invisible,
Josef K,
Arab on Radar,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Brothers Johnson,
Tomorrow,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Shadows of Knight,
Bad Manners,
Charles Mingus,
Archie Shepp,
The Gladiators,
Smog,
Moby Grape,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
John Lydon,
The Blues Magoos,
Gang of Four,
Nils Olav,
Barbara Tucker,
The Leaves,
cv313,
Underground Resistance,
Inner City,
Flamin' Groovies,
This Heat,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Gun Club,
Kevin Saunderson,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
MDC,
Big Daddy Kane,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
The Trojans, The Trojans, The Trojans, The Trojans.
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.