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 Romania and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1965 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 Nile Rodgers 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 La Düsseldorf to the rock kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 AZ. All the underground hits.
All Minnie Riperton tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Los Fastidios record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a John Cale record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sunsets and Hearts,
Reagan Youth,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Divine Comedy,
Newcleus,
New York Dolls,
Dave Gahan,
Camouflage,
Von Mondo,
The Mighty Diamonds,
X-101,
The Leaves,
The Alarm Clocks,
Jacob Miller,
Pere Ubu,
Glenn Branca,
Wire,
Maurizio,
Dawn Penn,
The Gap Band,
Kevin Saunderson,
Gang Gang Dance,
Accadde A,
Joe Finger,
The J.B.'s,
Jesper Dahlback,
Wally Richardson,
Mark Hollis,
The Electric Prunes,
ABC,
The Stooges,
David McCallum,
Terrestrial Tones,
Kool Moe Dee,
Mission of Burma,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Bad Manners,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Brass Construction,
Tears for Fears,
Monolake,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Procol Harum,
Infiniti,
Girls At Our Best!,
Grey Daturas,
Pantaleimon,
Al Stewart,
Popol Vuh,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Crime,
The Monochrome Set,
Au Pairs,
Bobby Byrd,
Tommy Roe,
Ronnie Foster,
The Busters,
Minny Pops,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Flash Fearless,
Cabaret Voltaire,
La Düsseldorf,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282.
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.