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 the UAE and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle show in London.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 sitar 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 Negative Approach to the rap 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 Toni Rubio. All the underground hits.
All Silicon Teens tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Zapp record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Qualms record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gang of Four,
Althea and Donna,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Ossler,
Faust,
Public Image Ltd.,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Associates,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Magazine,
Deepchord,
Panda Bear,
Porter Ricks,
Michelle Simonal,
Hot Snakes,
The Remains,
the Normal,
One Last Wish,
Gang Green,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Standells,
Silicon Teens,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Names,
DJ Style,
Kerri Chandler,
B.T. Express,
the Bar-Kays,
Tres Demented,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Sam Rivers,
Iggy Pop,
Maurizio,
David McCallum,
Thompson Twins,
Flash Fearless,
Stereo Dub,
Fugazi,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Juan Atkins,
DNA,
Hardrive,
Radiohead,
Shoche,
Hoover,
Bush Tetras,
Johnny Clarke,
Supertramp,
AZ,
Susan Cadogan,
Quantec,
Eve St. Jones,
Kas Product,
MDC,
JFA,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Minnie Riperton,
Con Funk Shun,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Mojo Men,
Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys.
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.