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 Saudi Arabia and from Edmonton.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Joensuu 1685 to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Thompson Twins. All the underground hits.
All Al Stewart tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Yaz 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Names record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sällskapet,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Searchers,
Jandek,
Fugazi,
Buzzcocks,
Marshall Jefferson,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Deepchord,
Audionom,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
The Cramps,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Colin Newman,
Gregory Isaacs,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Faust,
Toni Rubio,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Slave,
Donald Byrd,
JFA,
Alphaville,
Spoonie Gee,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The Red Krayola,
The Kinks,
the Swans,
Arcadia,
Nico,
Anakelly,
The Gap Band,
The Happenings,
Black Flag,
Rhythm & Sound,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Electric Prunes,
Derrick May,
Groovy Waters,
The Alarm Clocks,
Danielle Patucci,
The Busters,
The Motions,
Hoover,
Bobbi Humphrey,
La Düsseldorf,
Howard Jones,
Pole,
Fluxion,
The Moleskins,
Motorama,
Magazine,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Trojans,
Accadde A,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Ossler,
Television,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.