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 Pakistan and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Little Man to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Siglo XX. All the underground hits.
All Cabaret Voltaire tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Malaria! record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 linndrum and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Techniques record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Reagan Youth,
The Sonics,
Curtis Mayfield,
Suicide,
Harmonia,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Soul II Soul,
Robert Wyatt,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Ossler,
Sparks,
Brick,
Roger Hodgson,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Nas,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Outsiders,
Stereo Dub,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Inner City,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
H. Thieme,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Lightning Bolt,
Pet Shop Boys,
Quando Quango,
Easy Going,
Basic Channel,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Moby Grape,
Sam Rivers,
Black Flag,
Siglo XX,
Donny Hathaway,
The Angels of Light,
Soulsonic Force,
X-Ray Spex,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Althea and Donna,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Electric Prunes,
Avey Tare,
FM Einheit,
Bobby Sherman,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Circle Jerks,
Gang Starr,
Von Mondo,
Mark Hollis,
the Sonics,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Standells,
Au Pairs,
The Birthday Party,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Joy Division,
Nils Olav,
World's Most,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Guru Guru, Guru Guru, Guru Guru, Guru Guru.
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.