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 Suriname and from Spokane.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Anakelly to the rap kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Basic Channel. All the underground hits.
All The Mojo Men tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Barbara Tucker record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 güiro and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rosa Yemen record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro 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?
Gastr Del Sol,
Boredoms,
Godley & Creme,
Sugar Minott,
Frankie Knuckles,
One Last Wish,
The Fire Engines,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ohio Players,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Marmalade,
Television Personalities,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Flesh Eaters,
Radiohead,
Joey Negro,
Vladislav Delay,
The Star Department,
Skriet,
The Doobie Brothers,
Bronski Beat,
Ultravox,
Steve Hackett,
Tom Boy,
Arthur Verocai,
Glambeats Corp.,
Maurizio,
Hardrive,
Byron Stingily,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Talk Talk,
Grandmaster Flash,
Skarface,
Sandy B,
Spoonie Gee,
In Retrospect,
Magma,
Sonic Youth,
Young Marble Giants,
Royal Trux,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Charles Mingus,
The Blues Magoos,
Rapeman,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
JFA,
Unwound,
Eden Ahbez,
Average White Band,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Skaos,
Deepchord,
Lucky Dragons,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Last Poets,
Davy DMX,
Das Ding,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
The Fall,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Gladiators,
Chris Corsano,
The Busters, The Busters, The Busters, The Busters.
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.