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 Uruguay and from Madrid.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the 808 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 Trojans to the jazz 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 Stetsasonic. All the underground hits.
All Fela Kuti tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ronan record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 a snare and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gichy Dan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Matthew Halsall,
Liliput,
Crispy Ambulance,
Jeru the Damaja,
Delon & Dalcan,
L. Decosne,
Lakeside,
Bobby Sherman,
The Birthday Party,
Jesper Dahlback,
Kerrie Biddell,
U.S. Maple,
Clear Light,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Tim Buckley,
Soul Sonic Force,
Neil Young,
Harmonia,
The Fire Engines,
Glenn Branca,
Roger Hodgson,
DNA,
Whodini,
LL Cool J,
Adolescents,
Marvin Gaye,
Soft Machine,
Howard Jones,
Shuggie Otis,
Flamin' Groovies,
Massinfluence,
Gerry Rafferty,
Bizarre Inc.,
Junior Murvin,
Fad Gadget,
Bobby Byrd,
Morten Harket,
Charles Mingus,
Barclay James Harvest,
Cal Tjader,
Yaz,
The Real Kids,
Swell Maps,
Man Parrish,
Jeff Mills,
Ponytail,
David Axelrod,
Josef K,
Bobby Hutcherson,
The Monochrome Set,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Joy Division,
Yazoo,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Popol Vuh,
Peter and Kerry,
A Certain Ratio,
Public Enemy,
EPMD,
Goldenarms,
Girls At Our Best!,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Sonic Youth, Sonic Youth, Sonic Youth, Sonic Youth.
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.