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 Guinea and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1968 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Flipper to the disco 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 Sister Nancy. All the underground hits.
All Harpers Bizarre tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every John Lydon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 a sitar and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Quantec record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soft Cell,
Amon Düül II,
Gregory Isaacs,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Remains,
Vainqueur,
Quando Quango,
Marmalade,
Pet Shop Boys,
Ituana,
Kayak,
Sonny Sharrock,
Bizarre Inc.,
Alphaville,
Danielle Patucci,
Spandau Ballet,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Janne Schatter,
Deepchord,
Ornette Coleman,
Bush Tetras,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
X-Ray Spex,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Cecil Taylor,
Tres Demented,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Blackbyrds,
Colin Newman,
The Dead C,
Man Eating Sloth,
Joensuu 1685,
Grey Daturas,
Camouflage,
Sällskapet,
Gang Starr,
Marvin Gaye,
Mo-Dettes,
Lightning Bolt,
The Offenders,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Ludus,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Flamin' Groovies,
Theoretical Girls,
Godley & Creme,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
X-101,
Rapeman,
EPMD,
The Standells,
New Age Steppers,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Banda Bassotti,
The Gladiators,
Inner City,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Quadrant,
The Move,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Sun City Girls, Sun City Girls, Sun City Girls, Sun City Girls.
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.