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 Niger and from Cairo.
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 1966 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Lille.
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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the mellotron 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 The Count Five to the rock 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 L. Decosne. All the underground hits.
All Cecil Taylor tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pagans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 marimba and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jerry Gold Smith record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sonny Sharrock,
Stockholm Monsters,
Accadde A,
Derrick May,
One Last Wish,
Massinfluence,
Bronski Beat,
Kurtis Blow,
Yellowson,
Liliput,
Banda Bassotti,
Soul Sonic Force,
the Human League,
Gastr Del Sol,
Rhythm & Sound,
Au Pairs,
The Motions,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Junior Murvin,
Gang of Four,
Thee Headcoats,
Stereo Dub,
AZ,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Move,
Chris & Cosey,
Flipper,
The Slackers,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Ronnie Foster,
Duran Duran,
Skaos,
Deepchord,
Shoche,
Porter Ricks,
Newcleus,
The Gun Club,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
China Crisis,
Dead Boys,
Bluetip,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Q65,
Marvin Gaye,
Hashim,
Public Image Ltd.,
Unrelated Segments,
Joensuu 1685,
The Knickerbockers,
Darondo,
The United States of America,
David Bowie,
Rod Modell,
Ken Boothe,
Inner City,
The Doors,
Marcia Griffiths, Marcia Griffiths, Marcia Griffiths, Marcia Griffiths.
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.