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 Jamaica and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1961 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 Donald Fagen 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 Connie Case to the punk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Gang Gang Dance. All the underground hits.
All One Last Wish tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Robert Hood record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Johnny Clarke record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sunsets and Hearts,
Jeff Lynne,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Misunderstood,
Circle Jerks,
Lalo Schifrin,
The Walker Brothers,
June of 44,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Blancmange,
A Certain Ratio,
Eli Mardock,
Pylon,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Arab on Radar,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
AZ,
The Searchers,
The Remains,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Frankie Knuckles,
Minnie Riperton,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Hardrive,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Minor Threat,
The Velvet Underground,
The Mummies,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Nas,
In Retrospect,
Infiniti,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Ponytail,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Bobby Hutcherson,
X-101,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Bobby Womack,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Johnny Clarke,
The Young Rascals,
Porter Ricks,
The Detroit Cobras,
cv313,
The Fall,
Peter and Kerry,
Grey Daturas,
The Leaves,
Aaron Thompson,
Swans,
Von Mondo,
Mr. Review,
L. Decosne,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Nirvana,
The Move,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Moss Icon,
Ludus,
Crash Course in Science,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic 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.