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 St Lucia and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 marimba 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 Camberwell Now to the grime kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Eric B and Rakim. All the underground hits.
All Intrusion tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Zeros 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 '70s.
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 Blancmange record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lebanon Hanover,
L. Decosne,
Ten City,
Kurtis Blow,
Graham Central Station,
Sandy B,
Howard Jones,
Motorama,
Glambeats Corp.,
FM Einheit,
Nik Kershaw,
Johnny Osbourne,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
David Axelrod,
The Walker Brothers,
The Invisible,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Von Mondo,
Aloha Tigers,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Agitation Free,
Marc Almond,
Rites of Spring,
The Gladiators,
Black Sheep,
The Gories,
Ash Ra Tempel,
David McCallum,
DJ Style,
The Knickerbockers,
Pulsallama,
Hashim,
Yusef Lateef,
Danielle Patucci,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Kerrie Biddell,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Joe Smooth,
Suburban Knight,
Japan,
Harmonia,
Stetsasonic,
Yaz,
Aaron Thompson,
Sixth Finger,
Black Flag,
Pylon,
The Five Americans,
Youth Brigade,
Johnny Clarke,
Boredoms,
Flamin' Groovies,
Blossom Toes,
Gil Scott Heron,
Dead Boys,
Sight & Sound,
Spoonie Gee,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Wake,
Rhythm & Sound,
Barry Ungar,
Prince Buster, Prince Buster, Prince Buster, Prince Buster.
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.