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 Russia and from Lille.
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 1963 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Skarface to the rock kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 The Vogues. All the underground hits.
All Mandrill tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Deepchord record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 chamberlin and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Gladiators record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pantaleimon,
Lower 48,
DJ Sneak,
Q65,
Angry Samoans,
Dual Sessions,
Mo-Dettes,
Minnie Riperton,
Godley & Creme,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Bizarre Inc.,
Jawbox,
Eric Copeland,
The Zeros,
Susan Cadogan,
The Alarm Clocks,
a-ha,
Flash Fearless,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Birthday Party,
Los Fastidios,
Ludus,
Marvin Gaye,
Danielle Patucci,
Intrusion,
Brand Nubian,
cv313,
The Pop Group,
Depeche Mode,
Peter & Gordon,
John Holt,
Organ,
Surgeon,
Cecil Taylor,
Smog,
Chris & Cosey,
Rakim,
The Golliwogs,
Blossom Toes,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
T.S.O.L.,
Procol Harum,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Sonics,
Josef K,
Davy DMX,
The Angels of Light,
Robert Wyatt,
Gil Scott Heron,
Y Pants,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Mark Hollis,
Bill Wells,
Chris Corsano,
The Cramps,
Siglo XX,
kango's stein massive,
Khruangbin,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Flamin' Groovies,
David Bowie,
The Wake,
The Monks,
X-101,
The New Christs, The New Christs, The New Christs, The New Christs.
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.