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 Russia and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1962 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 synthesizer 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 Flipper to the techno kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Scan 7. All the underground hits.
All Adolescents tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Barclay James Harvest 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 linndrum and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Johnny Osbourne record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
DNA,
Warren Ellis,
Moby Grape,
Reuben Wilson,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Jimmy McGriff,
Brand Nubian,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Kurtis Blow,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
The Divine Comedy,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Icehouse,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Prince Buster,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Walker Brothers,
Eric Dolphy,
Public Image Ltd.,
Blancmange,
Hasil Adkins,
the Bar-Kays,
B.T. Express,
MC5,
The Toasters,
Eric Copeland,
The Gladiators,
Black Moon,
Alphaville,
The Blues Magoos,
Subhumans,
The Cramps,
The Raincoats,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Anakelly,
Mars,
X-102,
Marshall Jefferson,
Malaria!,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Bill Near,
The Five Americans,
Sugar Minott,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Ossler,
Marmalade,
Desert Stars,
Chris Corsano,
Hardrive,
Sun Ra,
Lindisfarne,
The Monks,
Mr. Review,
John Cale,
Erykah Badu,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Donny Hathaway,
Main Source,
The Star Department, The Star Department, The Star Department, The Star Department.
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.