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 Sudan and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Gun Club to the punk 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 Jesper Dahlbäck. All the underground hits.
All The Residents tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Gun Club 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Grey Daturas,
Cheater Slicks,
The Buckinghams,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Little Man,
Swell Maps,
Mark Hollis,
The Trojans,
FM Einheit,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Stooges,
Jerry's Kids,
Kaleidoscope,
Piero Umiliani,
Suicide,
EPMD,
The Residents,
Black Flag,
Girls At Our Best!,
Stereo Dub,
Pet Shop Boys,
Icehouse,
Chris Corsano,
D'Angelo,
The Index,
Eric Dolphy,
Rekid,
The Busters,
Average White Band,
Roxy Music,
New Age Steppers,
Bluetip,
Kerri Chandler,
Nas,
Depeche Mode,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Fatback Band,
The Last Poets,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
John Lydon,
June of 44,
Fugazi,
Barry Ungar,
Saccharine Trust,
The Five Americans,
Scion,
Y Pants,
Youth Brigade,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Jerry Gold Smith,
the Association,
Moby Grape,
Vainqueur,
Michelle Simonal,
Juan Atkins,
Minnie Riperton,
The Misunderstood,
Barbara Tucker,
Guru Guru,
The Beau Brummels,
Jandek,
Gian Franco Pienzio, Gian Franco Pienzio, Gian Franco Pienzio, Gian Franco Pienzio.
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.