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 Malta and from Hong Kong.
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 1963 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Bizarre Inc. to the techno kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Basic Channel. All the underground hits.
All Bang On A Can tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Moebius record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 a chamberlin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Ten City,
R.M.O.,
The Invisible,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Gang of Four,
The Modern Lovers,
Skaos,
Derrick Morgan,
Boogie Down Productions,
Pantaleimon,
Pole,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Peter and Kerry,
Lee Hazlewood,
Reagan Youth,
Aswad,
Wolf Eyes,
Jerry's Kids,
Lakeside,
Chris Corsano,
Rosa Yemen,
John Cale,
ABBA,
Stereo Dub,
The Misunderstood,
The Monks,
The Sonics,
Scott Walker,
Robert Hood,
The Doobie Brothers,
Khruangbin,
Eden Ahbez,
Bobby Byrd,
Black Sheep,
La Düsseldorf,
Thompson Twins,
Camouflage,
Von Mondo,
The Cramps,
The Human League,
Aloha Tigers,
the Germs,
Amon Düül,
The Real Kids,
Fad Gadget,
Ohio Players,
The Motions,
Kayak,
Average White Band,
Glenn Branca,
The Cure,
The Kinks,
Oblivians,
Jacob Miller,
Andrew Hill,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Kurtis Blow,
Hasil Adkins, Hasil Adkins, Hasil Adkins, Hasil Adkins.
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.