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 Luxembourg and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Bronski Beat show in Brixton.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Durutti Column to the disco 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 Mad Mike. All the underground hits.
All Ralphi Rosario tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Fat Boys 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a U.S. Maple record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
It's A Beautiful Day,
Morten Harket,
Bluetip,
Arthur Verocai,
Susan Cadogan,
OOIOO,
Tres Demented,
Connie Case,
Reagan Youth,
In Retrospect,
Pantytec,
Circle Jerks,
Nico,
Second Layer,
Make Up,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Cymande,
Severed Heads,
Saccharine Trust,
Desert Stars,
Jawbox,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Byron Stingily,
Kaleidoscope,
Black Pus,
The Alarm Clocks,
Donny Hathaway,
The Cure,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
One Last Wish,
Nirvana,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Eric B and Rakim,
Yellowson,
Icehouse,
Accadde A,
Hashim,
U.S. Maple,
Josef K,
New York Dolls,
Dawn Penn,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Kerri Chandler,
Simply Red,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Malaria!,
Juan Atkins,
Eve St. Jones,
The Index,
The Last Poets,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Deepchord,
Flamin' Groovies,
Masters at Work,
X-102,
Reuben Wilson,
Lakeside,
Chris Corsano,
X-101,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.