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 Croatia and from Stockholm.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the guitar 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 Lucky Dragons to the punk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Mark Hollis. All the underground hits.
All Whodini tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eurythmics record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joyce Sims record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar 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?
Aloha Tigers,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Fifty Foot Hose,
the Human League,
Scientists,
Gil Scott Heron,
Black Moon,
The Birthday Party,
Porter Ricks,
F. McDonald,
Iggy Pop,
Terrestrial Tones,
Pantytec,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Sparks,
The J.B.'s,
Radiopuhelimet,
Lungfish,
Mark Hollis,
Ken Boothe,
David Axelrod,
DNA,
Thee Headcoats,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Accadde A,
Isaac Hayes,
Adolescents,
Peter & Gordon,
Ornette Coleman,
Alphaville,
Yaz,
Kayak,
Girls At Our Best!,
Sarah Menescal,
Graham Central Station,
Underground Resistance,
Khruangbin,
Joey Negro,
X-Ray Spex,
Throbbing Gristle,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Howard Jones,
Scrapy,
Crime,
EPMD,
The Young Rascals,
New Age Steppers,
T. Rex,
Radiohead,
Barbara Tucker,
Neil Young,
The Dave Clark Five,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Alton Ellis,
Ludus,
Gang Gang Dance,
Saccharine Trust,
Q and Not U,
Nils Olav,
Curtis Mayfield,
Rhythm & Sound, Rhythm & Sound, Rhythm & Sound, Rhythm & Sound.
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.