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 Gambia and from Accra.
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 1965 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Letta Mbulu to the dance 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 The Count Five. All the underground hits.
All It's A Beautiful Day tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every DeepChord presents Echospace record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 mellotron and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yaz record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Doors,
Loose Ends,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Alison Limerick,
Yellowson,
OOIOO,
The Buckinghams,
Nik Kershaw,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
New Age Steppers,
Eric Copeland,
The J.B.'s,
Judy Mowatt,
The Gun Club,
Agent Orange,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Kenny Larkin,
Parry Music,
Fad Gadget,
a-ha,
The Doobie Brothers,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Ultravox,
The Birthday Party,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Isaac Hayes,
Cybotron,
The Tremeloes,
Porter Ricks,
Erykah Badu,
Kas Product,
Robert Wyatt,
Harry Pussy,
Scott Walker,
Chris & Cosey,
China Crisis,
Tubeway Army,
Ronan,
Das Ding,
Peter & Gordon,
Buzzcocks,
Fela Kuti,
Jimmy McGriff,
Deadbeat,
D'Angelo,
Scientists,
The Motions,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Lucky Dragons,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Monks,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Letta Mbulu,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
The Remains,
The Alarm Clocks,
Ten City,
The Black Dice,
ABC,
Todd Terry,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Wings, Wings, Wings, Wings.
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.