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 Colombia and from Glasgow.
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 Winnipeg and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the güiro 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 Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud to the dance 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 Can. All the underground hits.
All The Zeros tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Minny Pops record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kas Product record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Residents,
The Vogues,
Bad Manners,
Von Mondo,
Unrelated Segments,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Matthew Bourne,
Cecil Taylor,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Bobbi Humphrey,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Lalo Schifrin,
The Slackers,
Masters at Work,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Oblivians,
ABC,
Drexciya,
Ituana,
Lightning Bolt,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Jeff Mills,
Motorama,
Joy Division,
Mark Hollis,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Half Japanese,
Quantec,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Interpol,
Jeru the Damaja,
Barry Ungar,
Soul Sonic Force,
Charles Mingus,
L. Decosne,
Jerry's Kids,
Sun Ra,
Depeche Mode,
Das Ding,
Archie Shepp,
Alton Ellis,
X-101,
Mandrill,
The Birthday Party,
Fatback Band,
X-102,
Janne Schatter,
Godley & Creme,
10cc,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
K-Klass,
Gregory Isaacs,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
kango's stein massive,
David McCallum,
Moss Icon,
Whodini,
Gichy Dan,
Con Funk Shun,
Ossler,
The Mighty Diamonds, The Mighty Diamonds, The Mighty Diamonds, The Mighty Diamonds.
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.