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 Comoros and from Manchester.
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 1964 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Camberwell Now to the funk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Amon Düül. All the underground hits.
All OOIOO tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Unwound record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Durutti Column record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro 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?
Hashim,
Jawbox,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
DJ Style,
Motorama,
H. Thieme,
The Smoke,
Archie Shepp,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Aaron Thompson,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Wolf Eyes,
Depeche Mode,
Massinfluence,
Ultimate Spinach,
Public Enemy,
Ponytail,
Television Personalities,
Harmonia,
New York Dolls,
Skriet,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
June of 44,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Mary Jane Girls,
Lightning Bolt,
The Saints,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
T.S.O.L.,
B.T. Express,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
The Kinks,
Gang Gang Dance,
Lakeside,
Wire,
Pet Shop Boys,
Mr. Review,
The Pretty Things,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Anakelly,
Arthur Verocai,
Deadbeat,
Alton Ellis,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Panda Bear,
Ultra Naté,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
the Sonics,
CMW,
Tom Boy,
Popol Vuh,
Lyres,
Bobby Byrd,
The Fortunes,
The Blues Magoos,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Shuggie Otis,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Velvet Underground,
Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive.
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.