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 Solomon Islands and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1968 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Soulsonic Force to the rock kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Clear Light. All the underground hits.
All Black Sheep tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every A Flock of Seagulls record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 an organ and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Audionom record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
DJ Style,
Joey Negro,
The Sound,
Sonic Youth,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Donny Hathaway,
Porter Ricks,
The Human League,
Joe Smooth,
Whodini,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Public Image Ltd.,
Ice-T,
Buzzcocks,
Soft Cell,
Franke,
Bush Tetras,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Thee Headcoats,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Matthew Halsall,
The Count Five,
Quando Quango,
Pantytec,
Gastr Del Sol,
Surgeon,
Silicon Teens,
Electric Prunes,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Move,
The Mojo Men,
Derrick Morgan,
Roy Ayers,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Leonard Cohen,
Yaz,
Sight & Sound,
Lindisfarne,
Sexual Harrassment,
Jacques Brel,
Bad Manners,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Rakim,
Oblivians,
Gang Gang Dance,
Qualms,
Blake Baxter,
Royal Trux,
Pierre Henry,
Chrome,
Nirvana,
Charles Mingus,
Ituana,
Barry Ungar,
Guru Guru,
Organ,
David McCallum,
Susan Cadogan,
The United States of America,
Reuben Wilson,
Terry Callier,
Godley & Creme,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
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.