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 Papua New Guinea and from Lille.
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 1964 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1983 at the first Bronski Beat practice in a loft in Brixton.
I was working on the theremin 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 the Association to the techno kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Fat Boys. All the underground hits.
All Lucky Dragons tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every cv313 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soulsonic Force record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rotary Connection,
Das Ding,
Zero Boys,
Subhumans,
The Buckinghams,
Lower 48,
Radiohead,
Bobby Hutcherson,
The American Breed,
Grauzone,
Public Image Ltd.,
Rekid,
Terrestrial Tones,
Skaos,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Crash Course in Science,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Depeche Mode,
The Velvet Underground,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Dual Sessions,
H. Thieme,
Flamin' Groovies,
Porter Ricks,
cv313,
Tom Boy,
The Gladiators,
Ludus,
The Gories,
Jesper Dahlback,
Moby Grape,
Animal Collective,
Cecil Taylor,
Gregory Isaacs,
The Beau Brummels,
Mark Hollis,
Kerrie Biddell,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Star Department,
Unwound,
Scan 7,
Jeru the Damaja,
Hot Snakes,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Dark Day,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Banda Bassotti,
Con Funk Shun,
Cybotron,
Susan Cadogan,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Amon Düül II,
New York Dolls,
Main Source,
The Count Five,
Ossler,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Schoolly D,
The Vogues,
The Wake,
Lebanon Hanover,
Delta 5,
Arthur Verocai, Arthur Verocai, Arthur Verocai, Arthur Verocai.
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.