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 Latvia and from Paris.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 theremin 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 Kurtis Blow to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Althea and Donna. All the underground hits.
All Curtis Mayfield tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Main Source 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 '90s.
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 Kevin Saunderson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cymande,
Alison Limerick,
Spoonie Gee,
Gang of Four,
Gang Green,
Mandrill,
Blancmange,
Isaac Hayes,
Symarip,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
H. Thieme,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
China Crisis,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Sam Rivers,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Absolute Body Control,
Rod Modell,
Deepchord,
Cybotron,
Robert Hood,
The Smiths,
Little Man,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Joy Division,
Parry Music,
Excepter,
Thee Headcoats,
Eric B and Rakim,
Robert Wyatt,
Bob Dylan,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
KRS-One,
The Standells,
Alton Ellis,
This Heat,
Niagra,
The Litter,
Rakim,
Kerrie Biddell,
Funkadelic,
Second Layer,
the Fania All-Stars,
Graham Central Station,
The Leaves,
Surgeon,
kango's stein massive,
The Fuzztones,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The American Breed,
Amon Düül,
48th St. Collective,
The Slackers,
New Age Steppers,
Blossom Toes,
Bang On A Can,
Iggy Pop,
Brass Construction,
Guru Guru,
Grey Daturas, Grey Daturas, Grey Daturas, Grey Daturas.
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.