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 Saudi Arabia and from Paris.
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 1965 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Guru Guru to the jazz 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 Von Mondo. All the underground hits.
All The Tremeloes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Depeche Mode record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Qualms record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Bad Manners,
The Residents,
Susan Cadogan,
Peter & Gordon,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Gun Club,
Dennis Brown,
Reuben Wilson,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Gang Gang Dance,
Gregory Isaacs,
MC5,
The Martian,
Newcleus,
OOIOO,
Gastr Del Sol,
Echospace,
Albert Ayler,
Janne Schatter,
Motorama,
Ludus,
Yaz,
Negative Approach,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Erykah Badu,
The American Breed,
Masters at Work,
Danielle Patucci,
Second Layer,
Barbara Tucker,
Ossler,
Tom Boy,
Anakelly,
Neu!,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
L. Decosne,
Bluetip,
Metal Thangz,
The Slits,
Siglo XX,
Public Image Ltd.,
Erasure,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Schoolly D,
Kurtis Blow,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Barry Ungar,
Marvin Gaye,
R.M.O.,
Grey Daturas,
Fela Kuti,
The Misunderstood,
The Fugs,
Jimmy McGriff,
Johnny Clarke,
The Names,
Lalo Schifrin,
Tomorrow,
Colin Newman,
Stereo Dub, Stereo Dub, Stereo Dub, Stereo Dub.
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.