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 Fiji and from Edmonton.
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 1962 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the marimba 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 Vainqueur to the funk 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 James Chance & The Contortions. All the underground hits.
All Mr. Review tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Unrelated Segments 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Massinfluence record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bobby Sherman,
R.M.O.,
Audionom,
The Gories,
Frankie Knuckles,
Mr. Review,
FM Einheit,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Blossom Toes,
Sonic Youth,
Lower 48,
The Gladiators,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Althea and Donna,
Animal Collective,
Panda Bear,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Delta 5,
The Five Americans,
Nas,
Fad Gadget,
Nik Kershaw,
Gerry Rafferty,
Letta Mbulu,
Shuggie Otis,
Crispian St. Peters,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Soulsonic Force,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Jeff Lynne,
Sparks,
Iggy Pop,
The Vogues,
U.S. Maple,
Black Pus,
Fluxion,
H. Thieme,
Prince Buster,
The Fugs,
Livin' Joy,
Johnny Osbourne,
Adolescents,
The Zeros,
Intrusion,
Brothers Johnson,
Sandy B,
Gichy Dan,
Sam Rivers,
Sun City Girls,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Bang On A Can,
Marc Almond,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Eric Copeland,
Archie Shepp,
Outsiders,
Sugar Minott,
Surgeon,
Peter and Kerry,
Pylon,
Harry Pussy,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Qualms,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks.
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.