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 Argentina and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1966 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 clarinet 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 Warren Ellis to the rap 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 Leonard Cohen. All the underground hits.
All Bang on a Can All-Stars tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Massinfluence 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Radiohead record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Cymande,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Camouflage,
The Dave Clark Five,
Bobby Byrd,
Radio Birdman,
Nick Fraelich,
Schoolly D,
B.T. Express,
Nas,
The Young Rascals,
Blancmange,
The Cowsills,
Qualms,
Second Layer,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Lalann,
Tubeway Army,
Ultimate Spinach,
Throbbing Gristle,
Saccharine Trust,
Simply Red,
Joyce Sims,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Bronski Beat,
Soft Cell,
One Last Wish,
Joe Finger,
Inner City,
Basic Channel,
A Certain Ratio,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Boredoms,
Slave,
Sugar Minott,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Kaleidoscope,
Liliput,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Peter & Gordon,
Arcadia,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Mojo Men,
Reagan Youth,
R.M.O.,
KRS-One,
Magma,
The Names,
Yellowson,
Aswad,
The Smoke,
Stereo Dub,
The Raincoats,
This Heat,
Skriet,
Blake Baxter,
Michelle Simonal,
Circle Jerks,
Gabor Szabo,
Hot Snakes,
Joensuu 1685, Joensuu 1685, Joensuu 1685, Joensuu 1685.
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.