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 South Sudan and from Toronto.
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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Lagos.
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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Pierre Henry to the techno kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Velvet Underground. All the underground hits.
All Nirvana tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Todd Terry record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
CMW,
The Offenders,
8 Eyed Spy,
Nirvana,
The Evens,
Jeff Lynne,
La Düsseldorf,
Camouflage,
Kas Product,
Mantronix,
The Vogues,
Adolescents,
Desert Stars,
Kevin Saunderson,
Hashim,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Half Japanese,
Aural Exciters,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Arab on Radar,
Talk Talk,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Music Machine,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Deepchord,
Big Daddy Kane,
The Real Kids,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Barrington Levy,
Guru Guru,
the Sonics,
Warren Ellis,
D'Angelo,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
The Dead C,
Tommy Roe,
The Misunderstood,
Main Source,
The Cowsills,
The Birthday Party,
Marcia Griffiths,
Colin Newman,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The Index,
Au Pairs,
Brick,
Ten City,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Tropical Tobacco,
Outsiders,
Theoretical Girls,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Blackbyrds,
Rites of Spring,
Aswad,
K-Klass,
Johnny Osbourne,
Black Flag,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Doobie Brothers,
Dennis Brown,
Bad Manners,
The Mummies,
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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.