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 Honduras and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1968 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 guitar 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 Rotary Connection to the disco 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 JFA. All the underground hits.
All Roxy Music tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Byron Stingily record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lakeside record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sexual Harrassment,
Camberwell Now,
Erasure,
The Selecter,
Supertramp,
New Age Steppers,
10cc,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Al Stewart,
Patti Smith,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Dave Gahan,
Kerrie Biddell,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Gichy Dan,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Stiv Bators,
Au Pairs,
John Lydon,
Susan Cadogan,
The Monochrome Set,
Jerry's Kids,
Spoonie Gee,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Doobie Brothers,
Qualms,
Audionom,
Loose Ends,
The Techniques,
Jeff Mills,
Stetsasonic,
Ralphi Rosario,
Eden Ahbez,
Bluetip,
Matthew Halsall,
Livin' Joy,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Barracudas,
The Index,
Sound Behaviour,
The Moody Blues,
Sonic Youth,
Hardrive,
Mad Mike,
Soul Sonic Force,
Buzzcocks,
Average White Band,
Prince Buster,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Hot Snakes,
Reuben Wilson,
Ohio Players,
Max Romeo,
Brass Construction,
The Associates,
OOIOO,
Derrick May,
The Birthday Party,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Detroit Cobras,
Amazonics,
Monolake,
A Certain Ratio, A Certain Ratio, A Certain Ratio, A Certain Ratio.
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.