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 Rwanda and from Delhi.
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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
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 Swans to the jazz kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud. All the underground hits.
All Camouflage tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Toasters record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Wire record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
DeepChord presents Echospace,
New Order,
Pussy Galore,
Donald Byrd,
Black Moon,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Monks,
Alison Limerick,
Silicon Teens,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Soul Sonic Force,
Jacob Miller,
Youth Brigade,
Moss Icon,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Alphaville,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Chris & Cosey,
Davy DMX,
Roger Hodgson,
Mr. Review,
Howard Jones,
the Fania All-Stars,
Jerry's Kids,
In Retrospect,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Kerri Chandler,
The Cure,
Black Pus,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Organ,
OOIOO,
The Toasters,
Altered Images,
The Young Rascals,
Erasure,
Avey Tare,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Slackers,
Nas,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Siglo XX,
Traffic Nightmare,
cv313,
Second Layer,
Harmonia,
The Litter,
Drive Like Jehu,
Henry Cow,
Fluxion,
The Move,
The Victims,
Harpers Bizarre,
Barbara Tucker,
Ornette Coleman,
Outsiders,
Panda Bear,
Country Teasers,
The Doobie Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, The Doobie Brothers.
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.