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 Belgium and from Manila.
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 Milan and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Lou Reed to the rap kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Cymande. All the underground hits.
All Fela Kuti tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mars record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Shadows of Knight record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ 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?
The Motions,
Mandrill,
Kevin Saunderson,
Lalo Schifrin,
the Germs,
Technova,
The Kinks,
The Litter,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Alton Ellis,
Liliput,
A Certain Ratio,
Kool Moe Dee,
Johnny Osbourne,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Joy Division,
The Tremeloes,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Lyres,
ABC,
Bizarre Inc.,
Babytalk,
Jerry's Kids,
The Trojans,
Michelle Simonal,
Skaos,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Terrestrial Tones,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Dave Gahan,
AZ,
John Coltrane,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Rekid,
Marine Girls,
Eric Copeland,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
K-Klass,
Pulsallama,
Delon & Dalcan,
Icehouse,
Quando Quango,
Massinfluence,
R.M.O.,
Average White Band,
The Dirtbombs,
Ronnie Foster,
Cybotron,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Au Pairs,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
the Association,
Mr. Review,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Yaz,
Bob Dylan,
Niagra,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Laurel Aitken, Laurel Aitken, Laurel Aitken, Laurel Aitken.
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.