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 Poland and from Cairo.
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 1962 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Lizzy Mercier Descloux 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 Rapeman. All the underground hits.
All Sight & Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kings Of Tomorrow 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sister Nancy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Chris Corsano,
Circle Jerks,
Alison Limerick,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Can,
Khruangbin,
The Leaves,
Audionom,
Siglo XX,
Pulsallama,
The Victims,
Althea and Donna,
Echospace,
Cybotron,
Traffic Nightmare,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Young Rascals,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Standells,
Ultravox,
Amon Düül,
Masters at Work,
The Fire Engines,
Unrelated Segments,
Arthur Verocai,
Stetsasonic,
Young Marble Giants,
Visage,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
June Days,
David Bowie,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Anakelly,
Slave,
Bobby Byrd,
Fear,
Curtis Mayfield,
Zero Boys,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Remains,
Alton Ellis,
Cluster,
T.S.O.L.,
Minny Pops,
Johnny Clarke,
Eden Ahbez,
8 Eyed Spy,
the Fania All-Stars,
The Knickerbockers,
Lindisfarne,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Selecter,
Kerri Chandler,
Zapp,
Sarah Menescal,
Delta 5,
The Smiths,
Fat Boys,
Brand Nubian,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Aural Exciters,
Frankie Knuckles,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap.
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.