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 Oman and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 Manila and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 guitar 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 Sarah Menescal to the punk 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 Flash Fearless. All the underground hits.
All Jerry's Kids tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every the Germs record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 clarinet and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minor Threat record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
X-101,
Eli Mardock,
The Raincoats,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Eurythmics,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Frankie Knuckles,
Bizarre Inc.,
Arcadia,
Clear Light,
Laurel Aitken,
Davy DMX,
The Slits,
Thee Headcoats,
Carl Craig,
The Smiths,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Flamin' Groovies,
Bobby Womack,
Peter and Kerry,
Agitation Free,
The Trojans,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Barry Ungar,
Whodini,
Brass Construction,
The Gap Band,
Soft Cell,
Godley & Creme,
Yaz,
Fat Boys,
Delta 5,
Marmalade,
This Heat,
Moss Icon,
Gang Starr,
Alice Coltrane,
The Monochrome Set,
Traffic Nightmare,
Duran Duran,
Au Pairs,
10cc,
Swell Maps,
Young Marble Giants,
Organ,
Roger Hodgson,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Mantronix,
Cecil Taylor,
June Days,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Television Personalities,
Stockholm Monsters,
Absolute Body Control,
kango's stein massive,
Prince Buster,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The United States of America,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
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.