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 Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 linndrum 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 Neil Young & Crazy Horse to the funk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Nico. All the underground hits.
All Jesper Dahlback tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every It's A Beautiful Day 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lee Hazlewood record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Vainqueur,
The New Christs,
Flash Fearless,
Can,
Pharoah Sanders,
The Barracudas,
The Durutti Column,
Eddi Front,
Jesper Dahlback,
Public Enemy,
KRS-One,
Erykah Badu,
Isaac Hayes,
Electric Prunes,
Joe Smooth,
Tears for Fears,
Kayak,
Idris Muhammad,
The Sound,
The Evens,
Spandau Ballet,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Aural Exciters,
The Stooges,
Joey Negro,
Fear,
Matthew Halsall,
Barrington Levy,
Angry Samoans,
Brand Nubian,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Charles Mingus,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Ultravox,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Susan Cadogan,
Johnny Clarke,
Talk Talk,
John Holt,
Chris Corsano,
Hot Snakes,
Scan 7,
CMW,
Dawn Penn,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Faust,
Easy Going,
Babytalk,
Altered Images,
Funkadelic,
ABC,
the Human League,
Grey Daturas,
The Doors,
The Busters,
The Residents,
The Pretty Things,
Tomorrow,
Franke,
Boogie Down Productions,
Jimmy McGriff,
Rakim,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
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.