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 United Kingdom and from Taipei.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 The Detroit Cobras to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Supertramp. All the underground hits.
All Eyeless In Gaza tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Intrusion record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 an arpeggiator and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camberwell Now,
Eric Copeland,
Anthony Braxton,
Jandek,
Reuben Wilson,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Zeros,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Dual Sessions,
the Swans,
Bob Dylan,
Albert Ayler,
Toni Rubio,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Blossom Toes,
Darondo,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Spandau Ballet,
The Trojans,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Motorama,
Byron Stingily,
Jeff Mills,
Smog,
Black Flag,
Funky Four + One,
The Wake,
MC5,
Joy Division,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Cheater Slicks,
Black Bananas,
Sister Nancy,
Quantec,
Bootsy Collins,
the Germs,
Deepchord,
Piero Umiliani,
The Gladiators,
The Litter,
Colin Newman,
Radio Birdman,
Adolescents,
The Smiths,
Sällskapet,
Bizarre Inc.,
DJ Sneak,
T.S.O.L.,
Qualms,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Toasters,
The Cramps,
Heaven 17,
Deakin,
Nation of Ulysses,
the Human League,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Pussy Galore,
Tres Demented,
Fugazi,
Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd..
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.