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 Yemen and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1969 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 Nile Rodgers 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 Lindisfarne to the punk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Michelle Simonal. All the underground hits.
All The Saints tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Derrick May record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Warsaw record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Fortunes,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Oneida,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Sister Nancy,
Severed Heads,
Massinfluence,
Stereo Dub,
Eden Ahbez,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Shuggie Otis,
the Soft Cell,
Neu!,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Gories,
Lungfish,
Harmonia,
Chris & Cosey,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Jeff Mills,
Agitation Free,
Amon Düül,
Simply Red,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Basic Channel,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Rekid,
Blancmange,
Main Source,
Cymande,
Echospace,
Warren Ellis,
The Fall,
Vainqueur,
Audionom,
Hasil Adkins,
Magazine,
Cal Tjader,
The Remains,
Joe Finger,
Ituana,
Sexual Harrassment,
Man Eating Sloth,
Ice-T,
Bronski Beat,
The Real Kids,
Tears for Fears,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Fugs,
Soul Sonic Force,
Das Ding,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Mojo Men,
Lou Reed,
Jandek,
Barrington Levy,
The Angels of Light,
Fort Wilson Riot,
the Bar-Kays,
New Order,
Jerry's Kids,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs, Notorious Big And Bone Thugs, Notorious Big And Bone Thugs, Notorious Big And Bone Thugs.
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.