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 Indonesia and from Bologna.
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 1960 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the theremin 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 The Doobie Brothers to the rock 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 Jeff Mills. All the underground hits.
All Monks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Warren Ellis record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Al Stewart record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dark Day,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Parry Music,
Slave,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
the Association,
The Sonics,
Sight & Sound,
Blancmange,
David McCallum,
Eric B and Rakim,
Janne Schatter,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Silicon Teens,
ABC,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Albert Ayler,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Zeros,
The Dirtbombs,
Bill Near,
Lakeside,
Soul II Soul,
Easy Going,
Colin Newman,
10cc,
Tommy Roe,
Angry Samoans,
The Fire Engines,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
In Retrospect,
B.T. Express,
Ralphi Rosario,
Loose Ends,
Absolute Body Control,
Josef K,
Scott Walker,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Tropical Tobacco,
Rufus Thomas,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Lucky Dragons,
Lower 48,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Rapeman,
Juan Atkins,
Camouflage,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Desert Stars,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
The Invisible,
Schoolly D,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Babytalk,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Simply Red,
New Order,
R.M.O., R.M.O., R.M.O., R.M.O..
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.