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 Micronesia and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 güiro 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 Minor Threat to the funk 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 Dave Gahan. All the underground hits.
All Max Romeo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Marvin Gaye record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Duran Duran record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Tommy Roe,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Y Pants,
Morten Harket,
The Happenings,
Traffic Nightmare,
Delon & Dalcan,
Das Ding,
The Standells,
Make Up,
Television,
Ten City,
The Birthday Party,
LL Cool J,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Surgeon,
Jeff Lynne,
Babytalk,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Lyres,
Cymande,
Sun Ra,
The Victims,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Youth Brigade,
Johnny Clarke,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Thompson Twins,
Radiohead,
Graham Central Station,
Flash Fearless,
The Modern Lovers,
Big Daddy Kane,
Harry Pussy,
Mad Mike,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Kaleidoscope,
Lower 48,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Funky Four + One,
Wasted Youth,
Tomorrow,
Minny Pops,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Infiniti,
Derrick May,
Brand Nubian,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Maleditus Sound,
DNA,
Juan Atkins,
R.M.O.,
Matthew Bourne,
The Index,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Bob Dylan,
Thee Headcoats,
Bobby Hutcherson,
The Techniques,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Dead C, The Dead C, The Dead C, The Dead C.
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.