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 Estonia and from Columbus.
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 1964 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the marimba 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 Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme to the disco kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Girls At Our Best!. All the underground hits.
All Justin Hinds & The Dominoes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every kango's stein massive record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Boz Scaggs record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Guru Guru,
Roger Hodgson,
Erasure,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
The Dave Clark Five,
Minor Threat,
Monks,
Don Cherry,
The Sonics,
Dual Sessions,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Blancmange,
Scientists,
Joyce Sims,
Nik Kershaw,
Sister Nancy,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Cluster,
Shuggie Otis,
Archie Shepp,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Jimmy McGriff,
Jeff Lynne,
Desert Stars,
Au Pairs,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Dave Gahan,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Bob Dylan,
Bizarre Inc.,
Freddie Wadling,
Shoche,
James White and The Blacks,
the Association,
Pussy Galore,
Kaleidoscope,
Althea and Donna,
The Buckinghams,
Jeff Mills,
Gang Green,
The Sound,
Circle Jerks,
Ultra Naté,
Erykah Badu,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Sarah Menescal,
John Foxx,
The Residents,
Lou Christie,
Slick Rick,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Agitation Free,
The New Christs,
Kayak,
Joey Negro,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Sandy B,
The Motions,
Talk Talk, Talk Talk, Talk Talk, Talk Talk.
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.