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 Dominica and from Mumbai.
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 1968 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Strawberry Alarm Clock to the grime kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Anakelly. All the underground hits.
All Gang Gang Dance tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Duran Duran record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 808 and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Skatalites record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Essential Logic,
The Martian,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Girls At Our Best!,
The Blackbyrds,
Roxette,
Lalann,
Swans,
The Seeds,
Jandek,
The Dead C,
Glenn Branca,
Deakin,
Thee Headcoats,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Ponytail,
Saccharine Trust,
U.S. Maple,
Wire,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Lower 48,
Bronski Beat,
Anakelly,
Flash Fearless,
The Gun Club,
Hasil Adkins,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Jesper Dahlback,
Sonny Sharrock,
Sarah Menescal,
Pharoah Sanders,
Drive Like Jehu,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Duran Duran,
Erykah Badu,
Graham Central Station,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Sound,
kango's stein massive,
The Pop Group,
Sun Ra,
Pussy Galore,
The Buckinghams,
Steve Hackett,
Public Image Ltd.,
D'Angelo,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
OOIOO,
the Bar-Kays,
The Vogues,
The Barracudas,
Laurel Aitken,
Lyres,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Pantytec,
The Human League,
Vainqueur,
Franke,
Lindisfarne,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Kas Product, Kas Product, Kas Product, Kas Product.
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.