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 Korea North and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Lakeside to the disco 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 Skriet. All the underground hits.
All The Modern Lovers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every AZ record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 linndrum and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a John Coltrane record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Unwound,
Nik Kershaw,
Crispy Ambulance,
Laurel Aitken,
Amon Düül,
The Pop Group,
Erasure,
Lindisfarne,
Lower 48,
D'Angelo,
Curtis Mayfield,
Royal Trux,
Fugazi,
Steve Hackett,
Vainqueur,
Al Stewart,
The Dead C,
Morten Harket,
Marmalade,
Dennis Brown,
Yellowson,
the Association,
Hasil Adkins,
Sonny Sharrock,
Massinfluence,
Tom Boy,
Nils Olav,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Misunderstood,
Gichy Dan,
Flash Fearless,
Flipper,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Soul II Soul,
Lalann,
Joy Division,
Gastr Del Sol,
Robert Wyatt,
Scrapy,
La Düsseldorf,
Accadde A,
Ronnie Foster,
Quando Quango,
Outsiders,
Gang Green,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Jeff Mills,
The Moleskins,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Happenings,
Sight & Sound,
The Seeds,
The Names,
Radio Birdman,
Chris & Cosey,
Prince Buster,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Lyres,
Main Source,
Lightning Bolt,
Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions.
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.