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 Mozambique and from Accra.
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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Subhumans to the rap 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 Boredoms. All the underground hits.
All Jawbox tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sound Behaviour record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Arcadia record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Electric Light Orchestra,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Colin Newman,
Basic Channel,
Anakelly,
Cymande,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Gil Scott Heron,
Idris Muhammad,
New York Dolls,
Bang On A Can,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Ronnie Foster,
Franke,
The Alarm Clocks,
the Association,
Ossler,
Johnny Osbourne,
Pole,
Pharoah Sanders,
Amon Düül,
The American Breed,
Mad Mike,
Byron Stingily,
Lou Christie,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
EPMD,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Bluetip,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Nation of Ulysses,
Agent Orange,
Stiv Bators,
Reuben Wilson,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Sarah Menescal,
The United States of America,
Massinfluence,
Dual Sessions,
The Detroit Cobras,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Trumans Water,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Doobie Brothers,
Niagra,
The Moleskins,
Lungfish,
Qualms,
Mary Jane Girls,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Zapp,
Joey Negro,
Smog,
Make Up,
Swans,
Y Pants,
Amazonics,
Thee Headcoats,
The Blues Magoos,
Bobby Hutcherson,
The Misunderstood,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Gabor Szabo, Gabor Szabo, Gabor Szabo, Gabor Szabo.
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.