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 Latvia and from Taipei.
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 1966 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Porter Ricks to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Eurythmics. All the underground hits.
All Niagra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Radiopuhelimet 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Todd Rundgren record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Scrapy,
Half Japanese,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Whodini,
David McCallum,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Jesper Dahlback,
Accadde A,
Charles Mingus,
Drive Like Jehu,
Letta Mbulu,
Hot Snakes,
Joensuu 1685,
The Beau Brummels,
The Blues Magoos,
Lalo Schifrin,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Sound,
Girls At Our Best!,
Nirvana,
Kurtis Blow,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Mad Mike,
Scan 7,
John Coltrane,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Isaac Hayes,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Oneida,
MDC,
Marcia Griffiths,
Cheater Slicks,
The Music Machine,
The Offenders,
John Holt,
The Associates,
Scientists,
Trumans Water,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Motions,
Godley & Creme,
Royal Trux,
Icehouse,
Porter Ricks,
New Age Steppers,
The Names,
Albert Ayler,
The Residents,
Shoche,
Aural Exciters,
Kerri Chandler,
The American Breed,
DJ Style,
The Sonics,
Monolake,
Ituana,
L. Decosne,
Liliput,
Radiohead,
Nils Olav,
Crispy Ambulance,
Adolescents,
Gang Gang Dance,
the Swans,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron.
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.