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 Bolivia and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1966 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Kurtis Blow to the grunge 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 Nas. All the underground hits.
All The Zeros tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mad Mike record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Drive Like Jehu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron 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?
Altered Images,
Ludus,
a-ha,
Colin Newman,
The Doors,
DJ Style,
Sight & Sound,
The Music Machine,
The Techniques,
Liliput,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Sparks,
Lakeside,
Barclay James Harvest,
Average White Band,
Ronnie Foster,
Gregory Isaacs,
Japan,
Negative Approach,
Terry Callier,
The United States of America,
Crime,
Desert Stars,
The Leaves,
Accadde A,
Roxette,
Sonic Youth,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Agitation Free,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
The Trojans,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Cal Tjader,
Delon & Dalcan,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Tomorrow,
Oblivians,
Wasted Youth,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Interpol,
Tim Buckley,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Qualms,
Ultra Naté,
Rosa Yemen,
Dual Sessions,
The Birthday Party,
The Durutti Column,
Kool Moe Dee,
Sugar Minott,
Nas,
Donald Byrd,
PIL,
Banda Bassotti,
Flamin' Groovies,
Groovy Waters,
Roger Hodgson,
R.M.O.,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Mummies, The Mummies, The Mummies, The Mummies.
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.