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 Albania and from Seoul.
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 1964 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Lyon.
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 mellotron 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 Saccharine Trust to the funk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Grauzone. All the underground hits.
All Silicon Teens tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soulsonic Force,
Negative Approach,
OOIOO,
Porter Ricks,
Tomorrow,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Easy Going,
Tears for Fears,
The Fall,
Monks,
Massinfluence,
Animal Collective,
Fear,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
The Fire Engines,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Panda Bear,
Quadrant,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
One Last Wish,
Sound Behaviour,
Dead Boys,
Ronan,
Barry Ungar,
Quantec,
Marc Almond,
Magma,
Alison Limerick,
Intrusion,
Crime,
Funky Four + One,
The Wake,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Raincoats,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Offenders,
Mantronix,
Bob Dylan,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Radiohead,
Harry Pussy,
Index,
Eric B and Rakim,
Fad Gadget,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Remains,
Royal Trux,
Soft Machine,
Tim Buckley,
The Smiths,
Babytalk,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Symarip,
Joyce Sims,
Barrington Levy,
Amazonics,
Popol Vuh,
Depeche Mode,
Gang Green,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Duran Duran,
Drexciya,
Adolescents,
Moby Grape, Moby Grape, Moby Grape, Moby Grape.
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.