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 Swaziland and from Madrid.
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 1961 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester 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 clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Pop Group to the dance kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Sun City Girls tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Robert Wyatt record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 güiro and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ultramagnetic MC's record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
One Last Wish,
a-ha,
Monks,
Heaven 17,
Marc Almond,
Eric Copeland,
Todd Rundgren,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
The Standells,
Kerrie Biddell,
Adolescents,
The Pop Group,
Quantec,
Circle Jerks,
AZ,
The Monks,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Barbara Tucker,
H. Thieme,
The Selecter,
Inner City,
The Remains,
Derrick Morgan,
Minor Threat,
Thee Headcoats,
Patti Smith,
Sister Nancy,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jacob Miller,
The Monochrome Set,
Iggy Pop,
the Normal,
Ultimate Spinach,
Anthony Braxton,
Gregory Isaacs,
Animal Collective,
Rhythm & Sound,
Ultra Naté,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Sonic Youth,
Flipper,
Country Teasers,
Mad Mike,
The Sound,
Marcia Griffiths,
Cal Tjader,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
10cc,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Livin' Joy,
Sällskapet,
Gang Starr,
The Fugs,
Negative Approach,
Moebius,
Infiniti,
Josef K,
The Real Kids,
Eric B and Rakim,
Lakeside,
The Move,
Depeche Mode,
Danielle Patucci, Danielle Patucci, Danielle Patucci, Danielle Patucci.
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.