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 Morocco and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1964 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 Donald Fagen 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 Groovy Waters to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Easy Going. All the underground hits.
All Sparks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Vaughan Mason & Crew record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 arpeggiator and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Can record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Inner City,
The Dave Clark Five,
Johnny Clarke,
Dawn Penn,
Bill Near,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Colin Newman,
Junior Murvin,
The Stooges,
Letta Mbulu,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Alphaville,
Von Mondo,
The Human League,
Y Pants,
Fluxion,
Yazoo,
Niagra,
Minutemen,
Silicon Teens,
Black Pus,
Glambeats Corp.,
Black Bananas,
Frankie Knuckles,
David Bowie,
Dennis Brown,
The Offenders,
In Retrospect,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Bobby Byrd,
Ludus,
Ken Boothe,
Lalann,
Gang Starr,
Lower 48,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Todd Terry,
Johnny Osbourne,
Marc Almond,
Fear,
Archie Shepp,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Section 25,
Spandau Ballet,
Hoover,
Qualms,
The Associates,
Kenny Larkin,
Vainqueur,
Kerri Chandler,
Barbara Tucker,
Yusef Lateef,
Fad Gadget,
Oneida,
Interpol,
Morten Harket,
Anthony Braxton,
Joey Negro,
Public Image Ltd.,
Kurtis Blow,
X-Ray Spex, X-Ray Spex, X-Ray Spex, X-Ray Spex.
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.