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 Colombia and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1967 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Warsaw to the rock kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Monolake. All the underground hits.
All The Zeros tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ornette Coleman 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Ultravox,
Flash Fearless,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Sandy B,
R.M.O.,
Gastr Del Sol,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Minny Pops,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Matthew Halsall,
Q and Not U,
Delta 5,
Josef K,
Livin' Joy,
Kerrie Biddell,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Johnny Clarke,
Jacques Brel,
Scott Walker,
Cecil Taylor,
Wolf Eyes,
The Velvet Underground,
Con Funk Shun,
Ornette Coleman,
Monolake,
Zapp,
Sight & Sound,
Easy Going,
The Standells,
The Slackers,
Lower 48,
Panda Bear,
Davy DMX,
Mars,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Bizarre Inc.,
Ponytail,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Basic Channel,
The Toasters,
Kas Product,
ABC,
Motorama,
Soul Sonic Force,
Barbara Tucker,
The Birthday Party,
The Zeros,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Tears for Fears,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Scratch Acid,
The Monks,
Junior Murvin,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Avey Tare,
The Evens,
Stiv Bators,
Mark Hollis,
Neil Young,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Al Stewart, Al Stewart, Al Stewart, Al Stewart.
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.