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 Guinea and from Calgary.
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 1960 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 harpsichord 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 Soul II Soul to the rap 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 Cabaret Voltaire. All the underground hits.
All Stockholm Monsters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Fuzztones record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a These Immortal Souls record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Mantronix,
FM Einheit,
Fluxion,
Sugar Minott,
T. Rex,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Warren Ellis,
Average White Band,
Das Ding,
The Mojo Men,
MC5,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
48th St. Collective,
Soulsonic Force,
Oneida,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Pop Group,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Remains,
Harry Pussy,
The Slits,
Dave Gahan,
Minnie Riperton,
Can,
Scott Walker,
Pharoah Sanders,
Aaron Thompson,
L. Decosne,
The Gories,
Japan,
Johnny Osbourne,
Althea and Donna,
Marcia Griffiths,
Index,
Dual Sessions,
Bill Near,
Maleditus Sound,
Peter & Gordon,
Frankie Knuckles,
Reagan Youth,
Amon Düül II,
The Toasters,
The Standells,
Black Flag,
Public Enemy,
Icehouse,
One Last Wish,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
John Lydon,
Deadbeat,
Organ,
OOIOO,
the Human League,
Sister Nancy,
The Tremeloes,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Quando Quango,
Cameo,
Roxette,
Pole,
Chris & Cosey,
Joy Division,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Brothers Johnson, Brothers Johnson, Brothers Johnson, Brothers Johnson.
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.