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 Sudan and from Bologna.
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 1960 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Easy Going to the grime 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 Bluetip. All the underground hits.
All OOIOO tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camouflage 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Barracudas record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
One Last Wish,
Scientists,
Icehouse,
Urselle,
E-Dancer,
Ultra Naté,
Metal Thangz,
Sparks,
The Fall,
Tears for Fears,
Lalo Schifrin,
Peter & Gordon,
Moby Grape,
The Fuzztones,
Sam Rivers,
Tom Boy,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Mark Hollis,
Minnie Riperton,
Gabor Szabo,
Niagra,
The Happenings,
Newcleus,
Lower 48,
Joensuu 1685,
Ice-T,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Scott Walker,
Avey Tare,
Drive Like Jehu,
Donny Hathaway,
Laurel Aitken,
Buzzcocks,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Fear,
Fugazi,
Yusef Lateef,
JFA,
Sugar Minott,
The Gories,
Tim Buckley,
Ornette Coleman,
Kenny Larkin,
The Remains,
Zero Boys,
Deakin,
The Victims,
R.M.O.,
Duran Duran,
Barry Ungar,
Pet Shop Boys,
Unwound,
The Pretty Things,
Depeche Mode,
The Names,
Quando Quango,
Mars,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Dave Gahan,
Michelle Simonal,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force.
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.