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 Belgium 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 1969 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Invisible to the funk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Manfred Mann's Earth Band. All the underground hits.
All John Foxx tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every MDC record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rotary Connection record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro 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 Smiths,
Fat Boys,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Heaven 17,
Roxy Music,
Ohio Players,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Fort Wilson Riot,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Minnie Riperton,
B.T. Express,
The Moody Blues,
The United States of America,
the Sonics,
The Modern Lovers,
Rotary Connection,
AZ,
Max Romeo,
Jeff Lynne,
Pantaleimon,
Marvin Gaye,
Mad Mike,
Rod Modell,
Kool Moe Dee,
Grauzone,
Jeru the Damaja,
Easy Going,
The Vogues,
The Remains,
Model 500,
LL Cool J,
The Mummies,
The Blues Magoos,
Hoover,
Maleditus Sound,
Flash Fearless,
Kurtis Blow,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Ultimate Spinach,
Tomorrow,
Clear Light,
The Misunderstood,
Wire,
Skarface,
Buzzcocks,
Lindisfarne,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Black Pus,
Hardrive,
The Flesh Eaters,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Soft Cell,
Pantytec,
Visage,
The Gun Club,
Jimmy McGriff,
Mandrill,
Soulsonic Force,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Henry Cow,
Spandau Ballet, Spandau Ballet, Spandau Ballet, Spandau Ballet.
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.