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 Azerbaijan and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1962 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Manfred Mann's Earth Band to the disco kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz. All the underground hits.
All Country Joe & The Fish tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bill Near record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
T.S.O.L.,
Sparks,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
The Count Five,
Todd Rundgren,
Patti Smith,
Joey Negro,
Kas Product,
Magma,
New Age Steppers,
Ossler,
Davy DMX,
Marshall Jefferson,
T. Rex,
Supertramp,
Bang On A Can,
Avey Tare,
the Germs,
LL Cool J,
Drive Like Jehu,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Warsaw,
the Bar-Kays,
Susan Cadogan,
Sun Ra,
Henry Cow,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
DJ Style,
Altered Images,
The Residents,
Shuggie Otis,
Agitation Free,
Bobby Byrd,
Harry Pussy,
Amon Düül,
Gastr Del Sol,
The Neon Judgement,
Scan 7,
Ludus,
China Crisis,
Silicon Teens,
Basic Channel,
Little Man,
Bobby Womack,
Johnny Clarke,
Radio Birdman,
Marcia Griffiths,
Brothers Johnson,
The Vogues,
Ten City,
B.T. Express,
Soft Cell,
Bill Wells,
Morten Harket,
The Dave Clark Five,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Durutti Column,
Grey Daturas,
Crime,
Pagans,
This Heat,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience.
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.