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 Korea North and from Manila.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Heavy D & The Boyz to the techno kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 DeepChord presents Echospace. All the underground hits.
All Ash Ra Tempel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Amazonics record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Boredoms record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Derrick Morgan,
A Flock of Seagulls,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
These Immortal Souls,
Vainqueur,
The Star Department,
The Offenders,
The Standells,
The Grass Roots,
Section 25,
Massinfluence,
Minnie Riperton,
Black Pus,
Agitation Free,
the Fania All-Stars,
Mr. Review,
The Dead C,
The Dirtbombs,
Grauzone,
Q and Not U,
The Beau Brummels,
Ponytail,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Infiniti,
World's Most,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Radiopuhelimet,
Porter Ricks,
June of 44,
cv313,
Faraquet,
The Barracudas,
Crooked Eye,
Swans,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Bobby Byrd,
Unwound,
Black Flag,
Joey Negro,
DNA,
The Alarm Clocks,
The Names,
K-Klass,
Aural Exciters,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Eric Copeland,
Negative Approach,
Bang On A Can,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Alice Coltrane,
The Stooges,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Barry Ungar,
Danielle Patucci,
The Fire Engines,
Sixth Finger,
Neu!,
Kevin Saunderson,
Dawn Penn,
Sällskapet,
Brass Construction,
E-Dancer,
The J.B.'s, The J.B.'s, The J.B.'s, The J.B.'s.
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.