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 Uruguay and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1961 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Roy Ayers Ubiquity to the disco kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 The Evens. All the underground hits.
All Barrington Levy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every 10cc record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 snare and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Wake record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Groovy Waters,
Yusef Lateef,
June Days,
KRS-One,
Kevin Saunderson,
a-ha,
The Five Americans,
the Germs,
Gregory Isaacs,
Ornette Coleman,
Jerry's Kids,
Peter & Gordon,
Flash Fearless,
Fugazi,
Pole,
The Flesh Eaters,
Erykah Badu,
LL Cool J,
Royal Trux,
Charles Mingus,
Cameo,
kango's stein massive,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Bobby Sherman,
Saccharine Trust,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Junior Murvin,
Isaac Hayes,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Sugar Minott,
Oblivians,
New York Dolls,
Wire,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Skarface,
The Velvet Underground,
Eddi Front,
Spoonie Gee,
Idris Muhammad,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
The Real Kids,
Colin Newman,
Alphaville,
Gang Gang Dance,
Negative Approach,
Make Up,
Gong,
Todd Rundgren,
One Last Wish,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Dirtbombs,
Eric Dolphy,
Blake Baxter,
Soulsonic Force,
Bad Manners,
The Grass Roots,
48th St. Collective,
Anthony Braxton,
The Divine Comedy,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Ronnie Foster,
Minny Pops, Minny Pops, Minny Pops, Minny Pops.
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.