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 Indonesia and from Philadelphia.
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 1967 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 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 Pet Shop Boys to the techno 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 the Normal. All the underground hits.
All Larry & the Blue Notes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Fortunes record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 a guitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Justin Hinds & The Dominoes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Smiths,
Ituana,
Ralphi Rosario,
Cabaret Voltaire,
The American Breed,
Camberwell Now,
Jeff Lynne,
Carl Craig,
Nation of Ulysses,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Davy DMX,
Curtis Mayfield,
This Heat,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Swans,
The Toasters,
Mad Mike,
Prince Buster,
Average White Band,
The Music Machine,
Kurtis Blow,
Scott Walker,
Yaz,
Crime,
Black Sheep,
Eurythmics,
Organ,
Kevin Saunderson,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
China Crisis,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Cramps,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Schoolly D,
The Techniques,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
The Birthday Party,
Ronnie Foster,
Joey Negro,
Bauhaus,
Drexciya,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Scrapy,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Toni Rubio,
The Divine Comedy,
Thompson Twins,
Section 25,
Rakim,
Eric Copeland,
Youth Brigade,
Gang Green,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Crooked Eye,
The Black Dice,
F. McDonald,
Brick,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Arcadia,
Gang Gang Dance,
David McCallum,
The Gap Band, The Gap Band, The Gap Band, The Gap Band.
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.