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 Grenada and from Paris.
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 Manchester and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the mellotron 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 Los Fastidios to the disco kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Smog. All the underground hits.
All K-Klass tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Techniques 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a David Axelrod record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nils Olav,
Marine Girls,
The Fire Engines,
The Five Americans,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Camberwell Now,
Althea and Donna,
Black Bananas,
The Birthday Party,
Royal Trux,
The Velvet Underground,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Sister Nancy,
Soulsonic Force,
Tears for Fears,
Desert Stars,
Kurtis Blow,
The Pretty Things,
The Stooges,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Eurythmics,
Alison Limerick,
Zero Boys,
The Searchers,
KRS-One,
Gichy Dan,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Kevin Saunderson,
Roy Ayers,
Siglo XX,
Stiv Bators,
Quantec,
Joe Smooth,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Scientists,
Blossom Toes,
Severed Heads,
Gerry Rafferty,
Terry Callier,
Nik Kershaw,
The Toasters,
Michelle Simonal,
Spandau Ballet,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Music Machine,
Bobbi Humphrey,
the Normal,
The Moleskins,
Brothers Johnson,
Porter Ricks,
Sonic Youth,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Flesh Eaters,
Eric Dolphy,
Kas Product,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Susan Cadogan,
Parry Music,
The Litter,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Todd Terry,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers, De La Soul & Jungle Brothers, De La Soul & Jungle Brothers, De La Soul & Jungle Brothers.
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.