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 Ireland and from Columbus.
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 1967 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 The Standells to the jazz kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Yellowson. All the underground hits.
All Terror Squad Feat. Camron tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Scratch Acid 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 linndrum and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a D'Angelo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 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?
Reagan Youth,
Rod Modell,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
the Sonics,
Swans,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
KRS-One,
Cabaret Voltaire,
James White and The Blacks,
The New Christs,
Motorama,
Brand Nubian,
Nation of Ulysses,
Peter & Gordon,
Bauhaus,
Vainqueur,
Soul Sonic Force,
Lungfish,
LL Cool J,
the Germs,
the Fania All-Stars,
Neu!,
Barrington Levy,
Scott Walker,
Yazoo,
Spoonie Gee,
Bang On A Can,
Faraquet,
Harmonia,
Quantec,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Delon & Dalcan,
Bill Wells,
Masters at Work,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Gang Starr,
The Busters,
Little Man,
Porter Ricks,
Roger Hodgson,
Al Stewart,
Absolute Body Control,
Lucky Dragons,
The Dirtbombs,
The Searchers,
Ronan,
Symarip,
Tom Boy,
The Beau Brummels,
Black Sheep,
Crispy Ambulance,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Pagans,
Patti Smith,
The Birthday Party,
The Trojans,
One Last Wish,
Wasted Youth,
The Pop Group,
Das Ding,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth.
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.