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 Philippines and from Seoul.
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 1964 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 T. Rex to the rap 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 Archie Shepp. All the underground hits.
All The Royal Family And The Poor tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Radiohead record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Gladiators record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Neon Judgement,
Delon & Dalcan,
Grauzone,
James White and The Blacks,
The Birthday Party,
Glenn Branca,
Dual Sessions,
Bang On A Can,
Anakelly,
Theoretical Girls,
Quantec,
Kas Product,
The Barracudas,
Cluster,
Kool Moe Dee,
Carl Craig,
Gang of Four,
Motorama,
Panda Bear,
Average White Band,
Marine Girls,
Alison Limerick,
Scion,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Urselle,
The Black Dice,
Gregory Isaacs,
Circle Jerks,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Bizarre Inc.,
Electric Prunes,
Josef K,
Inner City,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Surgeon,
Laurel Aitken,
Chrome,
Jimmy McGriff,
Stetsasonic,
The Evens,
Agent Orange,
Monks,
Guru Guru,
The Fortunes,
Donald Byrd,
Easy Going,
The Pop Group,
Brass Construction,
Yazoo,
Yusef Lateef,
Vladislav Delay,
Magma,
The Real Kids,
The Kinks,
Schoolly D,
Ossler,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Five Americans,
Al Stewart,
Reagan Youth,
The Raincoats,
Pierre Henry,
Alton Ellis, Alton Ellis, Alton Ellis, Alton Ellis.
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.