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 Houston.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Jesper Dahlbäck 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 Joy Division. All the underground hits.
All The Offenders tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 sitar and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sound Behaviour record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
New Order,
Wire,
Dawn Penn,
Lalann,
Moss Icon,
DNA,
Sun Ra,
Pagans,
Funky Four + One,
Sister Nancy,
Sällskapet,
The Count Five,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Dirtbombs,
Grauzone,
Franke,
Pantytec,
The Young Rascals,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Matthew Halsall,
Ralphi Rosario,
Section 25,
New Age Steppers,
The Sisters of Mercy,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Robert Wyatt,
Piero Umiliani,
Jeru the Damaja,
Siglo XX,
EPMD,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Faraquet,
Eric Copeland,
Con Funk Shun,
Harpers Bizarre,
The Residents,
Nico,
Metal Thangz,
Monolake,
Crispian St. Peters,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Names,
Gerry Rafferty,
Quantec,
the Sonics,
Gang Starr,
Radiohead,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Mummies,
Tropical Tobacco,
the Fania All-Stars,
Scion,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Stereo Dub,
Zero Boys,
Tres Demented,
Sam Rivers,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Charles Mingus,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers.
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.