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 Egypt and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Bronski Beat to the grime kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Peter & Gordon. All the underground hits.
All Harpers Bizarre tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Theoretical Girls record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 chamberlin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Brick record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Kinks,
K-Klass,
Mandrill,
Subhumans,
Bootsy Collins,
Chris & Cosey,
Inner City,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
The Misunderstood,
Stockholm Monsters,
Sixth Finger,
Lebanon Hanover,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
John Holt,
Flipper,
Grauzone,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Deakin,
Organ,
The United States of America,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
One Last Wish,
Eden Ahbez,
Sparks,
Al Stewart,
Crispian St. Peters,
Shoche,
Loose Ends,
Colin Newman,
Erykah Badu,
The Modern Lovers,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Patti Smith,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Cymande,
Scratch Acid,
Aswad,
Dead Boys,
Q and Not U,
Kurtis Blow,
Toni Rubio,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Radiohead,
Fad Gadget,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Babytalk,
Gregory Isaacs,
Moebius,
Von Mondo,
The Smoke,
the Human League,
Shuggie Otis,
Cal Tjader,
The Fugs,
Hot Snakes,
Sonic Youth,
LL Cool J,
Kerri Chandler,
Pulsallama,
The Sonics,
Stereo Dub,
Ronan,
Letta Mbulu,
Warren Ellis,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.