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 Korea North and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 808 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 T. Rex to the rock kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Count Five. All the underground hits.
All The Blackbyrds tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Alice Coltrane record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mark Hollis record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Reed & John Cale,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Section 25,
Rufus Thomas,
Nico,
Matthew Bourne,
Accadde A,
Iggy Pop,
Agitation Free,
Pantaleimon,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Camouflage,
Peter and Kerry,
Bill Wells,
Ronan,
Ice-T,
Symarip,
Cal Tjader,
The Remains,
Stiv Bators,
the Sonics,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Scrapy,
Suicide,
Dave Gahan,
The Standells,
Cameo,
Leonard Cohen,
David Axelrod,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Connie Case,
Rakim,
Reuben Wilson,
Black Bananas,
Scion,
Rhythm & Sound,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Stooges,
Fatback Band,
Brick,
Tom Boy,
Ludus,
Pylon,
Sun City Girls,
Banda Bassotti,
The Pop Group,
Quadrant,
Archie Shepp,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Unrelated Segments,
the Soft Cell,
Minor Threat,
The Seeds,
Idris Muhammad,
Loose Ends,
World's Most,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Mojo Men,
Andrew Hill,
Rites of Spring,
Porter Ricks,
DJ Sneak,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron.
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.