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 Jakarta.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Lille.
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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the güiro 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 The Real Kids to the techno kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Scion. All the underground hits.
All Whodini tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Roxy Music record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Audionom,
Laurel Aitken,
Ornette Coleman,
MDC,
Unrelated Segments,
Maurizio,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Kas Product,
In Retrospect,
Yusef Lateef,
The Offenders,
World's Most,
Marcia Griffiths,
The Fall,
Sparks,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
The Birthday Party,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Marshall Jefferson,
Rakim,
Make Up,
FM Einheit,
The Fuzztones,
Soulsonic Force,
Country Teasers,
Barry Ungar,
Don Cherry,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Prince Buster,
Stetsasonic,
The Slits,
John Foxx,
Newcleus,
Barclay James Harvest,
DJ Sneak,
Kayak,
Alice Coltrane,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The Five Americans,
Glambeats Corp.,
One Last Wish,
Bad Manners,
Godley & Creme,
The Monks,
Tommy Roe,
John Coltrane,
The Names,
L. Decosne,
Ludus,
Sixth Finger,
The Detroit Cobras,
The Gladiators,
New Age Steppers,
Harry Pussy,
The Martian,
A Certain Ratio,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica.
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.