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 Spain 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 1964 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Toronto.
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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the clarinet 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 Japan to the dance 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 Pantaleimon. All the underground hits.
All Aaron Thompson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Misunderstood 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Babytalk record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Archie Shepp,
The Slits,
The Litter,
Warren Ellis,
Deepchord,
Danielle Patucci,
Man Parrish,
Loose Ends,
Terrestrial Tones,
The Skatalites,
D'Angelo,
Dave Gahan,
Al Stewart,
The New Christs,
Nick Fraelich,
Das Ding,
Panda Bear,
Jandek,
K-Klass,
Jerry's Kids,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Desert Stars,
Todd Terry,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Kas Product,
The Beau Brummels,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Section 25,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Chrome,
Moss Icon,
Suicide,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Count Five,
the Fania All-Stars,
Half Japanese,
Au Pairs,
Hashim,
Joensuu 1685,
Jawbox,
Radio Birdman,
The Neon Judgement,
World's Most,
Scratch Acid,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Basic Channel,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Pere Ubu,
Mandrill,
Pussy Galore,
Althea and Donna,
Altered Images,
Ornette Coleman,
Main Source,
The Barracudas,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Techniques,
Alphaville,
X-101,
Blancmange,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Traffic Nightmare, Traffic Nightmare, Traffic Nightmare, Traffic Nightmare.
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.