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 Switzerland and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Bronski Beat show in Brixton.
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 1961 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the marimba 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 Dual Sessions to the disco kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam. All the underground hits.
All Matthew Halsall tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Litter 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter & Gordon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Audionom,
The Wake,
Lakeside,
Eurythmics,
Malaria!,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
B.T. Express,
Big Daddy Kane,
David McCallum,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Make Up,
Yazoo,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Echospace,
Silicon Teens,
John Holt,
The Mummies,
Guru Guru,
Soulsonic Force,
The Smoke,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Carl Craig,
The Gun Club,
The Trojans,
Darondo,
Skarface,
Hot Snakes,
Johnny Osbourne,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
The Human League,
H. Thieme,
Nirvana,
Arcadia,
Godley & Creme,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Mantronix,
The Real Kids,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Interpol,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Sixth Finger,
Joey Negro,
The Angels of Light,
Gabor Szabo,
Little Man,
Cameo,
Ten City,
Quando Quango,
Television Personalities,
The Count Five,
The New Christs,
Lower 48,
Sugar Minott,
Tropical Tobacco,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Amon Düül,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Tommy Roe,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Al Stewart,
Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive, Kango’s Stein Massive.
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.