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 Cape Verde and from Tehran.
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 1969 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the rhodes 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 Fugazi to the funk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Soul Sonic Force. All the underground hits.
All KRS-One tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Busters record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lakeside record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Moss Icon,
the Swans,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Gap Band,
Gichy Dan,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Cramps,
Josef K,
Eric Copeland,
The Saints,
Blake Baxter,
Jeff Lynne,
Fad Gadget,
The Associates,
Lou Reed,
The Modern Lovers,
Talk Talk,
The Flesh Eaters,
Sister Nancy,
The Moleskins,
Mary Jane Girls,
Altered Images,
Bill Wells,
Khruangbin,
Bobby Womack,
Toni Rubio,
Newcleus,
Buzzcocks,
B.T. Express,
Young Marble Giants,
Amon Düül II,
Laurel Aitken,
Neil Young,
Negative Approach,
a-ha,
Archie Shepp,
John Lydon,
Infiniti,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Hashim,
DJ Sneak,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Sex Pistols,
David Axelrod,
Skaos,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Robert Wyatt,
Basic Channel,
Marmalade,
The Move,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
The Shadows of Knight,
Delon & Dalcan,
Pylon,
Spandau Ballet,
The Happenings,
Alton Ellis,
D'Angelo,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Clear Light,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon, Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon.
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.