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 Guyana and from Milan.
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 1962 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 The Peanut Butter Conspiracy to the grime 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 Pagans. All the underground hits.
All Pagans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Roy Ayers Ubiquity 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Dave Clark Five record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Technova,
F. McDonald,
Dawn Penn,
Joey Negro,
Grauzone,
Dead Boys,
The Moody Blues,
The Dirtbombs,
Bobby Womack,
Guru Guru,
Television,
Ultimate Spinach,
Robert Görl,
Kerri Chandler,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Vogues,
Gang Green,
Boz Scaggs,
Make Up,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Livin' Joy,
Gabor Szabo,
the Human League,
Sexual Harrassment,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Cameo,
Public Enemy,
Zero Boys,
Al Stewart,
Bill Near,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Joy Division,
The Sonics,
The Evens,
Lou Reed,
Tim Buckley,
Neil Young,
The Pretty Things,
Althea and Donna,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Nik Kershaw,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Deepchord,
Scion,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Todd Terry,
Symarip,
the Fania All-Stars,
Rosa Yemen,
Prince Buster,
DJ Sneak,
Barry Ungar,
Hot Snakes,
Arab on Radar,
The Zeros,
Yaz,
New Order,
The Searchers,
Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX.
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.