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 Gambia and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise 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 1967 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 snare 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 Desert Stars to the funk 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 Agitation Free. All the underground hits.
All Oneida 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 jazz 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 rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Moody Blues record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Japan,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
The Red Krayola,
The Wake,
Stetsasonic,
Joensuu 1685,
Connie Case,
Crime,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Neon Judgement,
a-ha,
Pere Ubu,
The Modern Lovers,
Barrington Levy,
June Days,
Ponytail,
Letta Mbulu,
Goldenarms,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Moebius,
Q and Not U,
Y Pants,
Piero Umiliani,
Rufus Thomas,
Lindisfarne,
Absolute Body Control,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Tommy Roe,
La Düsseldorf,
Juan Atkins,
The Birthday Party,
Can,
Fat Boys,
Pagans,
Althea and Donna,
Dennis Brown,
Symarip,
The Shadows of Knight,
Bill Near,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Tropical Tobacco,
Model 500,
Silicon Teens,
The Moleskins,
the Association,
Sonny Sharrock,
Ohio Players,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Guru Guru,
Johnny Clarke,
Sight & Sound,
Camberwell Now,
Loose Ends,
Amon Düül II,
Crash Course in Science,
Talk Talk,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine.
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.