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 Macedonia and from London.
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 1967 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Fad Gadget 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 Nico. All the underground hits.
All Marine Girls tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every ABC record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lalann record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Terry Callier,
Masters at Work,
Easy Going,
Jawbox,
Groovy Waters,
Reuben Wilson,
Buzzcocks,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
The Evens,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Durutti Column,
Skaos,
Anakelly,
Jacob Miller,
Archie Shepp,
Sly & The Family Stone,
UT,
Magazine,
The Blackbyrds,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Slits,
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Public Image Ltd.,
Tears for Fears,
The Index,
The Mojo Men,
The Sound,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Nick Fraelich,
Mars,
Lebanon Hanover,
Pere Ubu,
Todd Rundgren,
Mary Jane Girls,
Godley & Creme,
Eli Mardock,
Leonard Cohen,
Todd Terry,
Q65,
Rufus Thomas,
Gichy Dan,
Fatback Band,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Country Teasers,
X-101,
The Monochrome Set,
Piero Umiliani,
Matthew Bourne,
Susan Cadogan,
Jeff Lynne,
Harmonia,
the Fania All-Stars,
Marcia Griffiths,
Harry Pussy,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Livin' Joy,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Whodini,
Mr. Review,
Marvin Gaye,
The Toasters,
Subhumans,
The Gladiators, The Gladiators, The Gladiators, The Gladiators.
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.