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 Uganda and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 Halifax and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 arpeggiator 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 Funky Four + One to the grunge 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 Amon Düül. All the underground hits.
All Peter & Gordon tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Mighty Diamonds record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 linndrum and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Eric B and Rakim record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Stiv Bators,
Bootsy Collins,
The Slackers,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Bronski Beat,
Hasil Adkins,
Gang Starr,
Moebius,
Aloha Tigers,
Soul II Soul,
Marvin Gaye,
Mary Jane Girls,
Juan Atkins,
PIL,
Pantaleimon,
John Cale,
Urselle,
Isaac Hayes,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Country Teasers,
Howard Jones,
Jandek,
Altered Images,
the Soft Cell,
Ralphi Rosario,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
John Foxx,
Pussy Galore,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Pylon,
Sällskapet,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
John Lydon,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Mojo Men,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Ken Boothe,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Cheater Slicks,
UT,
the Swans,
The Gap Band,
R.M.O.,
the Fania All-Stars,
Scott Walker,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Saccharine Trust,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Colin Newman,
Metal Thangz,
the Germs,
Fear,
Surgeon,
Matthew Halsall,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Fad Gadget,
Grey Daturas,
Cymande,
Black Flag,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Five Americans,
Cybotron,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental 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.