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 Belarus and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1963 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Pulsallama to the funk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 10cc. All the underground hits.
All Mars tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Remains record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Amon Düül II record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Trojans,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Faraquet,
Whodini,
Crime,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Bobby Byrd,
Crooked Eye,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Monks,
Yazoo,
Lindisfarne,
Tears for Fears,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Livin' Joy,
Quantec,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Schoolly D,
Warsaw,
Au Pairs,
Roy Ayers,
Groovy Waters,
Saccharine Trust,
OOIOO,
Pantytec,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Angry Samoans,
Alison Limerick,
Mandrill,
Scion,
One Last Wish,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Susan Cadogan,
Desert Stars,
Minny Pops,
The Beau Brummels,
Robert Hood,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Gichy Dan,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Erykah Badu,
ABC,
Mark Hollis,
Siglo XX,
Harmonia,
Dawn Penn,
Robert Görl,
Qualms,
Pagans,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Hardrive,
Frankie Knuckles,
Average White Band,
New York Dolls,
Big Daddy Kane,
Bad Manners,
Cheater Slicks,
The Modern Lovers,
Smog,
The Blues Magoos,
10cc, 10cc, 10cc, 10cc.
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.