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 Iraq and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Lille.
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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Sound Behaviour to the grunge kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Skarface. All the underground hits.
All Lakeside tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Wolf Eyes record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 oboe and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sunsets and Hearts record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Grandmaster Flash,
New York Dolls,
Todd Terry,
Depeche Mode,
Visage,
E-Dancer,
The Trojans,
Yaz,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
The Toasters,
U.S. Maple,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Martian,
Roxy Music,
Juan Atkins,
The Barracudas,
Adolescents,
Byron Stingily,
Glenn Branca,
Little Man,
L. Decosne,
Max Romeo,
Matthew Halsall,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Schoolly D,
Marc Almond,
Kas Product,
Sandy B,
June Days,
Hasil Adkins,
The Standells,
Audionom,
Bad Manners,
Niagra,
Idris Muhammad,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Kerri Chandler,
Radiopuhelimet,
Erykah Badu,
Malaria!,
FM Einheit,
Skarface,
Supertramp,
Reuben Wilson,
Newcleus,
Camberwell Now,
Theoretical Girls,
Scan 7,
Rhythm & Sound,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Eurythmics,
Lee Hazlewood,
Moby Grape,
The Seeds,
Country Teasers,
Davy DMX,
The Pretty Things,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Vogues,
The Smiths,
Banda Bassotti,
Pylon,
Jandek, Jandek, Jandek, Jandek.
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.