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 Cyprus and from Bremen.
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 1963 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1970 at the first Onyeabor practice in a loft in Enugu.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Patti Smith to the punk kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Jeff Lynne. All the underground hits.
All Gang Green tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Peter and Kerry 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a UT record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Marcia Griffiths,
Albert Ayler,
Barbara Tucker,
Ultra Naté,
The Fugs,
Grauzone,
Pantytec,
One Last Wish,
Quantec,
48th St. Collective,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
the Normal,
Oblivians,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Sparks,
Maurizio,
Massinfluence,
Mo-Dettes,
Glambeats Corp.,
Y Pants,
Kevin Saunderson,
Black Flag,
Interpol,
Idris Muhammad,
Gerry Rafferty,
Scientists,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Ohio Players,
Soul II Soul,
Minutemen,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Livin' Joy,
Lou Christie,
Yazoo,
Rakim,
Radiohead,
Yellowson,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Can,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Pere Ubu,
Khruangbin,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Von Mondo,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Toasters,
Desert Stars,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
L. Decosne,
Frankie Knuckles,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Piero Umiliani,
Mark Hollis,
Stereo Dub,
Michelle Simonal,
Don Cherry,
Young Marble Giants,
Blancmange,
Duran Duran,
Bill Wells,
Scott Walker,
Soulsonic Force,
Minny Pops, Minny Pops, Minny Pops, Minny Pops.
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.