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 Slovenia and from Toronto.
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 1960 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 oboe 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 E-Dancer to the punk 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 Audionom. All the underground hits.
All The Dave Clark Five tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Minor Threat record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lightning Bolt record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Fluxion,
Babytalk,
Scrapy,
One Last Wish,
Massinfluence,
Kaleidoscope,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Groovy Waters,
Tomorrow,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Sonic Youth,
Minnie Riperton,
The Barracudas,
Reagan Youth,
Derrick Morgan,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Urselle,
The Evens,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Electric Prunes,
The Birthday Party,
Hashim,
David McCallum,
Negative Approach,
Angry Samoans,
Cluster,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Blues Magoos,
Slick Rick,
The Detroit Cobras,
Skarface,
Matthew Bourne,
Toni Rubio,
Jacques Brel,
Talk Talk,
Essential Logic,
Sandy B,
Scott Walker,
Chris Corsano,
Easy Going,
David Bowie,
Maurizio,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Interpol,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Country Teasers,
Shoche,
The Residents,
Sun City Girls,
Intrusion,
Soul Sonic Force,
Masters at Work,
Lalann,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Gun Club,
Motorama,
Drive Like Jehu,
Marc Almond, Marc Almond, Marc Almond, Marc Almond.
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.