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 Belarus and from Seoul.
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 1967 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the theremin 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 Aural Exciters to the techno 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 Girls At Our Best!. All the underground hits.
All Scott Walker tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Todd Terry record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Mummies record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Albert Ayler,
Joensuu 1685,
The Star Department,
Jerry's Kids,
cv313,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Aswad,
the Slits,
Tears for Fears,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Lungfish,
Eurythmics,
The Seeds,
Black Flag,
Gong,
Soft Cell,
Byron Stingily,
Leonard Cohen,
Lyres,
Swans,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Pere Ubu,
Rakim,
Girls At Our Best!,
The United States of America,
Index,
Whodini,
Intrusion,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Technova,
Symarip,
Derrick May,
The Busters,
Dawn Penn,
Lalo Schifrin,
Reagan Youth,
Sam Rivers,
Los Fastidios,
Neil Young,
Pet Shop Boys,
Half Japanese,
Thee Headcoats,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Ultra Naté,
The Smiths,
Kool Moe Dee,
The Move,
Jeff Lynne,
Darondo,
Electric Light Orchestra,
A Certain Ratio,
Deepchord,
Avey Tare,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Gladiators,
DJ Style,
Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX.
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.