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 Austria and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 The Beau Brummels to the rock 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 The J.B.'s. All the underground hits.
All Toni Rubio tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Black Sheep record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Godley & Creme record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro 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?
La Düsseldorf,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Glambeats Corp.,
Eric Copeland,
Bill Near,
The Gories,
The Motions,
Absolute Body Control,
Albert Ayler,
Symarip,
The Residents,
Bizarre Inc.,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Pantaleimon,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Tropical Tobacco,
Traffic Nightmare,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
OOIOO,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Dirtbombs,
Arthur Verocai,
Aloha Tigers,
Peter and Kerry,
Newcleus,
Jeff Lynne,
Eurythmics,
Sparks,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Moby Grape,
Hasil Adkins,
Slave,
Prince Buster,
Trumans Water,
Shuggie Otis,
Amon Düül,
Crooked Eye,
The Red Krayola,
Motorama,
Toni Rubio,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Echospace,
Jesper Dahlback,
Fela Kuti,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
ABC,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Minor Threat,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Unwound,
Brand Nubian,
Black Sheep,
Alphaville,
Silicon Teens,
The Martian,
Rapeman,
John Foxx,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.