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 Panama and from Bremen.
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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Ultimate Spinach to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Schoolly D. All the underground hits.
All World's Most tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Black Flag record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rhythim Is Rhythim record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Scott Walker,
Big Daddy Kane,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Gang Starr,
Kayak,
Mo-Dettes,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Sixth Finger,
Idris Muhammad,
Parry Music,
Massinfluence,
Bootsy Collins,
L. Decosne,
The Blackbyrds,
Bronski Beat,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Smiths,
Faust,
Traffic Nightmare,
Eric Copeland,
Loose Ends,
Fugazi,
48th St. Collective,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Smog,
The Busters,
Amon Düül,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Severed Heads,
Arthur Verocai,
Danielle Patucci,
Pulsallama,
The Count Five,
T.S.O.L.,
Absolute Body Control,
The Walker Brothers,
Stetsasonic,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Minny Pops,
Neil Young,
The Music Machine,
Young Marble Giants,
The Happenings,
Negative Approach,
Bobby Womack,
Max Romeo,
The Angels of Light,
Cabaret Voltaire,
La Düsseldorf,
Aloha Tigers,
Pharoah Sanders,
Graham Central Station,
Bob Dylan,
Juan Atkins,
Goldenarms,
Nas,
The Stooges,
Urselle,
Pere Ubu,
Tears for Fears,
Nico,
Sly & The Family Stone, Sly & The Family Stone, Sly & The Family Stone, Sly & The Family Stone.
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.