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 Azerbaijan and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1969 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 organ 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 Fall to the crunk 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 Lou Reed & Metallica. All the underground hits.
All Simply Red tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Seeds record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 a 808 and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a It's A Beautiful Day record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare 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?
the Soft Cell,
Jacques Brel,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Unrelated Segments,
Gerry Rafferty,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Ten City,
Black Sheep,
Prince Buster,
Harpers Bizarre,
Accadde A,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Pet Shop Boys,
Mr. Review,
The Standells,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Bad Manners,
Howard Jones,
Bobby Byrd,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
OOIOO,
David Axelrod,
Connie Case,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Thee Headcoats,
Stetsasonic,
Skaos,
The Techniques,
Nick Fraelich,
Radio Birdman,
Echospace,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Aural Exciters,
Absolute Body Control,
Sällskapet,
Amon Düül II,
Talk Talk,
Fugazi,
Barbara Tucker,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
KRS-One,
The Divine Comedy,
John Cale,
The Move,
U.S. Maple,
Cheater Slicks,
The Stooges,
DJ Style,
The Five Americans,
ABC,
Agent Orange,
Gregory Isaacs,
Glambeats Corp.,
Panda Bear,
Grey Daturas,
The Velvet Underground,
Nirvana,
Bill Near,
the Normal,
Traffic Nightmare,
Nils Olav,
Pantaleimon, Pantaleimon, Pantaleimon, Pantaleimon.
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.