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 Cyprus and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1965 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Accra.
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 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 Michael McDonald 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 Theoretical Girls to the grime 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 The Cosmic Jokers. All the underground hits.
All Marine Girls tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Amon Düül II record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mark Hollis record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Hardrive,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Barry Ungar,
Symarip,
The Seeds,
Arcadia,
Kerri Chandler,
The Gun Club,
Harry Pussy,
Massinfluence,
Roger Hodgson,
The Gories,
a-ha,
the Human League,
Pantaleimon,
The Durutti Column,
Kayak,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Jawbox,
kango's stein massive,
Gichy Dan,
Tom Boy,
Mad Mike,
The Walker Brothers,
New York Dolls,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Tubeway Army,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Amazonics,
Pet Shop Boys,
Cal Tjader,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Wolf Eyes,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Cybotron,
Thompson Twins,
Godley & Creme,
Nirvana,
Liliput,
The Pop Group,
Lakeside,
F. McDonald,
T.S.O.L.,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Kinks,
Gastr Del Sol,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
B.T. Express,
The Slits,
Drive Like Jehu,
the Germs,
Jacob Miller,
D'Angelo,
Amon Düül II,
Moby Grape,
Man Parrish,
Sonny Sharrock,
The Toasters,
Das Ding,
Susan Cadogan,
Zero Boys,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.