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 Malta and from Houston.
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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Dirtbombs to the grunge 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 Sonic Youth. All the underground hits.
All Lakeside tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Public Enemy 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 a 808 and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Siouxsie and the Banshees record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Derrick Morgan,
Barclay James Harvest,
The Toasters,
Girls At Our Best!,
Fear,
The Kinks,
Connie Case,
The Divine Comedy,
Schoolly D,
Anakelly,
Agitation Free,
Soft Machine,
The Tremeloes,
Jerry's Kids,
The Cowsills,
Motorama,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Qualms,
cv313,
Grey Daturas,
Soul Sonic Force,
Sound Behaviour,
Sun City Girls,
T. Rex,
Au Pairs,
Oblivians,
Sixth Finger,
the Fania All-Stars,
Make Up,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Donald Byrd,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Danielle Patucci,
Lee Hazlewood,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Mr. Review,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Fatback Band,
the Swans,
Lucky Dragons,
Icehouse,
Soul II Soul,
The Slits,
Bluetip,
The Index,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Kayak,
Quantec,
Yaz,
Maleditus Sound,
Howard Jones,
Metal Thangz,
Wasted Youth,
Pole,
Can,
Dennis Brown,
Pharoah Sanders,
ABBA,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren.
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.