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 Germany and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1961 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 rhodes 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 Yazoo to the jazz kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Amon Düül II. All the underground hits.
All The Saints tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Slave record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Tommy Roe record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Danielle Patucci,
Interpol,
Terrestrial Tones,
The Fuzztones,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Symarip,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Archie Shepp,
The Golliwogs,
The Moleskins,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Zero Boys,
Smog,
Cal Tjader,
The Grass Roots,
Lightning Bolt,
Newcleus,
The Slits,
The Modern Lovers,
The Doors,
X-101,
The Gap Band,
Charles Mingus,
The Fire Engines,
Kool Moe Dee,
Mantronix,
Crooked Eye,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Neu!,
Bush Tetras,
the Soft Cell,
Groovy Waters,
Mr. Review,
Jandek,
Flipper,
Letta Mbulu,
Flash Fearless,
Joey Negro,
Parry Music,
Metal Thangz,
Radio Birdman,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Delta 5,
The Fugs,
Public Image Ltd.,
Rotary Connection,
Sixth Finger,
Black Moon,
Fad Gadget,
The Pop Group,
Faraquet,
The Divine Comedy,
The Velvet Underground,
Pussy Galore,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Stiv Bators,
Index,
Black Bananas,
Lucky Dragons,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Marine Girls,
Banda Bassotti, Banda Bassotti, Banda Bassotti, Banda Bassotti.
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.