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 Sudan and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 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 Infiniti to the disco kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Josef K. All the underground hits.
All Desert Stars tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Can record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
K-Klass,
E-Dancer,
Television Personalities,
DJ Sneak,
Adolescents,
The Doors,
kango's stein massive,
Ultra Naté,
Fluxion,
The Leaves,
Arab on Radar,
Neil Young,
Neu!,
Graham Central Station,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Soul Sonic Force,
Kevin Saunderson,
Con Funk Shun,
the Swans,
Isaac Hayes,
Circle Jerks,
Little Man,
Pantytec,
Zapp,
Freddie Wadling,
Prince Buster,
Peter & Gordon,
Intrusion,
Ten City,
Sister Nancy,
Joey Negro,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
the Soft Cell,
Ohio Players,
Sight & Sound,
Blancmange,
Mission of Burma,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Porter Ricks,
Pet Shop Boys,
Vladislav Delay,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Albert Ayler,
Franke,
The Five Americans,
Nirvana,
The Monochrome Set,
Groovy Waters,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Hasil Adkins,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Scrapy,
Boogie Down Productions,
Terry Callier,
ABBA,
The Move,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Stooges,
Todd Terry,
Laurel Aitken,
Susan Cadogan,
The Residents,
Moss Icon, Moss Icon, Moss Icon, Moss Icon.
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.