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 Netherlands and from Lyon.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five to the dance kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. All the underground hits.
All Gang of Four tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lakeside 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Kinks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ornette Coleman,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Mary Jane Girls,
Faraquet,
The Moleskins,
Isaac Hayes,
Lalo Schifrin,
Porter Ricks,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Tommy Roe,
Icehouse,
Marcia Griffiths,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Adolescents,
Pagans,
the Normal,
Judy Mowatt,
Television,
These Immortal Souls,
Rhythm & Sound,
John Cale,
The Seeds,
Eric B and Rakim,
Boredoms,
The Sound,
Outsiders,
Nils Olav,
Eric Copeland,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Technova,
Marvin Gaye,
LL Cool J,
Sällskapet,
Camberwell Now,
Alphaville,
June Days,
Skarface,
Magma,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Lightning Bolt,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Scientists,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Fluxion,
The Monks,
B.T. Express,
Lee Hazlewood,
The Divine Comedy,
Absolute Body Control,
Grey Daturas,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The Pretty Things,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Popol Vuh,
Symarip,
Deakin,
Pussy Galore,
Siglo XX,
Lebanon Hanover,
H. Thieme,
Soul II Soul,
Letta Mbulu,
Ponytail, Ponytail, Ponytail, Ponytail.
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.