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 Brunei and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1968 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 The Cure to the punk 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 Morten Harket. All the underground hits.
All The Velvet Underground tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Index record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Au Pairs record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin 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?
Bush Tetras,
Zapp,
Camberwell Now,
Deadbeat,
Bob Dylan,
Alphaville,
Panda Bear,
Soft Cell,
Pantaleimon,
Boogie Down Productions,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Dennis Brown,
The Pop Group,
OOIOO,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Smiths,
Vladislav Delay,
The Vogues,
Mr. Review,
Los Fastidios,
the Soft Cell,
Organ,
Jandek,
Agent Orange,
Guru Guru,
Eurythmics,
The Real Kids,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Joe Smooth,
Laurel Aitken,
cv313,
The American Breed,
Johnny Osbourne,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Lakeside,
ABBA,
Minutemen,
Simply Red,
Letta Mbulu,
Pierre Henry,
Flamin' Groovies,
Moebius,
Khruangbin,
Aswad,
Pharoah Sanders,
Quantec,
The Electric Prunes,
Gang of Four,
Radiohead,
Make Up,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Gil Scott Heron,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Con Funk Shun,
DNA,
Magazine,
John Cale,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Average White Band,
Slave,
Bauhaus,
The Busters, The Busters, The Busters, The Busters.
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.