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 Ethiopia and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 oboe 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 Gong to the dance 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 Ultravox. All the underground hits.
All Nico tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Chris & Cosey record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Fort Wilson Riot record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Judy Mowatt,
the Sonics,
Smog,
Ludus,
Althea and Donna,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
EPMD,
The Dead C,
Nation of Ulysses,
Amon Düül II,
Franke,
JFA,
Suicide,
KRS-One,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Vogues,
Lightning Bolt,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Scrapy,
Au Pairs,
Graham Central Station,
Cameo,
Peter & Gordon,
MDC,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Carl Craig,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Youth Brigade,
Nirvana,
Aswad,
Visage,
Roxy Music,
Loose Ends,
Anthony Braxton,
The Real Kids,
Malaria!,
Silicon Teens,
The Tremeloes,
Albert Ayler,
Ronan,
This Heat,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Electric Prunes,
Sparks,
Derrick Morgan,
China Crisis,
The Monochrome Set,
Michelle Simonal,
Eric Dolphy,
Gong,
Index,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Skatalites,
Second Layer,
The Pretty Things,
Tom Boy,
Freddie Wadling,
Bauhaus,
David Bowie,
Underground Resistance,
Jawbox,
Bluetip,
Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti.
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.